Part A How long does it take for the radioactive isotope to
decay to 6.0×10−4 μg ? (Assume no excretion of the nuclide from the
body.)
Part B A radioactive sample contains 1.70 g of an isotope with a
half-life of 3.6 days. What mass of the isotope will remain after
5.8 days? (Assume no excretion of the nuclide from the body.)
Part C A mammoth skeleton has a carbon-14 decay rate of 0.46
disintegrations per minute per gram of...
Which type of nuclear decay is the following radioactive isotope likely to undergo?
All known stable isotopes are shown on the graph. The points form what is know as the "belt of stability".
If a radioactive isotope is above the belt of stability, think about what type of decay would decrease its N/Z ratio. If an unstable isotope is below the belt of stability, think about what type of decay would increase its N/Z ratio. If a radioactive isotope is...
The radioactive decay of radium
226Ra follows a first-order rate law.
This decay process has a half-life of
1600 years.
(a). What is the
value of the rate constant (expressed in s-1) for this
decay process?
(b). How many
disintegrations per second would occur in a one-gram sample of
226Ra ?
We will be exploring decay reactions used in radioactive dating
of objects. This will be a short
lab to leave you time to prepare for the Unit 3 project.
1. Explore the PhET simulation Radioactive Dating Game . Try all
the tabs to figure out why
there is more than one element used to estimate how old things
might be.
2. What elements’ isotopes are used to estimate how old
something is? Why do are more
than one type used?...
Radioactive decay can be used to determine the age of an object.
If you know the number of radioactive nuclei with which an object
started, the number of radioactive nuclei currently present, and
the half-life of the isotope, you can calculate the time since the
object was created.
Suppose an object was created with 4.810×109 nuclei of a
particular isotope that has a half-life of 1.56×103 yr.
At this point in time 9.620×108 nuclei of this
particular isotope remain. What...
Radioactive Isotope #1: Uranium-238
How long is its half-life?
How long will it take the original radioactive product to
reduce by 50%?
How long will it take the original radioactive product to
reduce by 25%?
What material is the best application for this isotope?
Describe the disadvantages and advantages of using this element
for dating.
What is the stable daughter product?
The half-life for radioactive decay (a first-order process) of
plutonium-242 is 380,000 years.
How many years would it take for one mole of this radioactive
material to decay so that just one atom remains?
(1) The radioactive isotope carbon-11 is used in medical imaging as indicated on the table above. How many protons and neutrons are there in a carbon-11 atom?
_____protons_____neutrons
(2) When the nuclide carbon-11 decays as indicated on the table:
the number of protons in the product nuclide is: ______the number of neutrons in the product nuclide is: _______the name of the product nuclide is: ________