Rafioactivity Problems (Lecture 28A â PHY 315)
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Rafioactivity Problems (Lecture 28A â PHY 315)
Rafioactivity Problems (Lecture 28A – PHY 315) 29.3 Radioactivity 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Identify the daughter nuclide when 40 19 K decays via b decay. 232 90Th decays via α decay. Write out the reaction and identify the daughter nuclide. Write out the reaction and identify the daughter nuclide when 22 11 Na decays by electron capture. Write out the reaction and identify the daughter nuclide when 22 11 Na decays by emitting a positron. 226 222 4 226 Radium-226 decays as 88 Ra ® 86 Rn+ 2 He . If the 88 Ra nucleus is at rest before the decay and the 222 86 Rn nucleus is in its ground state, estimate the kinetic energy of the alpha particle. (Assume that the 222 86 Rn nucleus takes away an insignificant fraction of the kinetic energy.) Calculate the kinetic energy of the alpha particle in Problem 25. This time, do not assume that the 222 86 Rn nucleus is at rest after the reaction. Start by figuring out the ratio of the kinetic energies of the alpha particle and the 222 86 Rn nucleus. 31 Which decay mode would you expect for radioactive 14 Si : α, β, or β+? Explain. [Hint: Look at the neutron-to-proton ratio.] Show that the spontaneous alpha decay of 19Ο is not possible. Calculate the maximum kinetic energy of the beta particle when 40 19 K decays via β decay. Calculate the energy of the antineutrino when 90 38 Sr decays via β decay if the beta particle has a kinetic energy of 435 keV. + An isotope of sodium, 22 11 Na , decays by β emission. Estimate the maximum possible kinetic energy of the positron by assuming that the kinetic energy of the daughter nucleus and the total energy of the neutrino emitted are both zero. [Hint: Remember to keep track of the electron masses.] The nucleus in a 127 N atom captures one of the atom’s electrons, changing the nucleus to 126 C and emitting a neutrino. What is the total energy of the emitted neutrino? [Hint:You can use the classical expression for the kinetic energy of the 126 C atom and the extremely relativistic expression for the kinetic energy of the neutrino.] 29.4 Radioactive Decay Rates and Half-Lives 33. A certain radioactive nuclide has a half-life of 200.0 s. A sample containing just this one radioactive nuclide has an initial activity of 80,000.0 s-1. (a) What is the activity 600.0 s later? (b) How many nuclei were there initially? (c) What is the probability per second that any one of the nuclei decays? 34. Calculate the activity of 1.0 g of radium-226 in Ci. 35. What is the activity in Bq of 1.0 kg of 238U? 36. The half-life of I-131 is 8.0 days. A sample containing I-131 has an activity of 6.4 108 Bq. How many days later will the sample have an activity of 2.5 106 Bq? 37. Some bones discovered in a crypt in Guatemala are carbon dated. The 14C activity of the bones is measured to be 0.242 Bq per gram of carbon. Approximately how old are the bones? 38. In this problem, you will verify the statement (in Section 29.4) that the 14C activity in a living sample is 0.25 Bq per gram of carbon. (a) What is the decay constant l for 14C? (b) How many 14C atoms are in 1.00 g of carbon? One mole of carbon atoms has a mass of 12.011 g, and the relative abundance of 14C is 1.3 10-12. (c) Using your results from parts (a) and (b), calculate the 14C activity per gram of carbon in a living sample. 39. Carbon-14 dating is used to date a bone found at an archaeological excavation. If the ratio of C-14 to C-12 atoms is 3.25 10-13, how old is the bone? [Hint: Note that this ratio is 40. 41. 42. 43. 1 4 the ratio of 1.3 10-12 that is found in a living sample.] A sample of radioactive 214 83 Bi , which has a half-life of 19.9 min, has an activity of 0.058 Ci. What is its activity 1.0 h later? The activity of a sample containing radioactive 108Ag is 6.4 104 Bq. Exactly 12 min later, the activity is 2.0 103 Bq. Calculate the half-life of 108Ag. A radioactive sample has equal numbers of 15Ο and 19Ο nuclei. Use the half-lives found in Appendix B to determine how long it will take before there are twice as many 15Ο nuclei as 19Ο. What percent of the 19Ο nuclei have decayed during this time? t /T Show mathematically that 2- t / T1/ 2 = (12 ) 1/ 2 = e- t / τ if and only if T1/2 = τ ln 2. [Hint: Take the natural logarithm of each side.] 44. The Physics at Home in Section 29.4 suggests tossing coins as a model of radioactive decay. An improved version is to toss a large number of dice instead of coins: each die that comes up a “one” represents a nucleus that has decayed. Suppose that N dice are tossed. (a) What is the average number of dice you expect to decay on one toss? (b) What is the average number of dice you expect to remain undecayed after three tosses? (c) What is the average number of dice you expect to remain undecayed after four tosses? (d) What is the half-life in numbers of tosses?