The half-life of 235U, an alpha emitter, is 7.1×108 yr. Part A
Calculate the number of alpha particles emitted by 4.4 mg of this
nuclide in 2 minutes. Express your answer using two significant
figures.
Polonium-218 is an alpha emitter with a half-life of 3.0
minutes.
**)If a sample contains 55 mg of Po−218 (atomic mass =
218.008965 amu), how many alpha emissions would occur in 27.0
minutes?
**)If the polonium were ingested by a person, to what dose of
radiation (in Ci) would the person be exposed? (I need correct
answer for this please)
Suppose a patient is given 140 mg of I−131, a beta emitter with
a half-life of 8.0 days.Assuming that none of the I−131 is
eliminated from the person's body in the first 4.0 hours of
treatment, what is the exposure (in Ci) during those first four
hours? (please I need the correct answer with steps *no predictions
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Rubidium-strontium dating. The rubidium isotope 8737Rb, a β
emitter with a half-life of 4.75×1010yr, is used to determine the
age of rocks and fossils. Rocks containing fossils of ancient
animals contain a ratio of 8738Sr to 8737Rb of 0.0310.
Assuming that there was no 8738Sr3887Sr present when the rocks
were formed, estimate the age of these fossils.
Strontium 38Sr90 has a half-life of 29.1 yr. It is chemically
similar to calcium, enters the body through the food chain, and
collects in the bones. Consequently, 38Sr90 is a particularly
serious health hazard. How long (in years) will it take for
99.9488% of the 38Sr90 released in a nuclear reactor accident to
disappear?
Neutron Decay 4 On their own, neutrons are unstable particles
with a half-life of 618 s when at rest. They decay into a proton,
an electron and an electron antineutrino. Half-life is the time
that it takes half of a collection of unstable particles to
decay.
a- The highest energy neutrons produced in a nuclear reactor are
traveling at about %15 of the speed of light, About how many
seconds is longer in this half - life for these neutrons?...
The half-life for the alpha decay of
232U to form
228Th is
68.9 y. Suppose the energy of the
alpha particle is 5.28 MeV and that
1.09 g of
232U, freed of any
other radioactive materials, were placed in a calorimeter
containing 49.1 g of water, initially at
22.9°C. Calculate the temperature the water would
reach after 1.15 hour. Neglect the heat capacity
of the calorimeter and heat loss to the surroundings. Take the
specific heat of water to be...
Alpha particles of a certain initial kinetic energy are
projected at nuclei with atomic number Z = 60. The closest distance
of approach of the alpha particles to the nucleus is 100 fm (fm =
femtometer = 10-15 m). If alpha particles of the same
initial kinetic energy are projected at nuclei with atomic number
88, what is the distance of closest approach? Give your answer in
fm. (Enter the number only -- do not include the units in your...