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A heavy nucleus having mass number 200 gets disintegrated into two small fragments of mass number 80 and 120. If binding energy per nucleon for parent atom is 6.5 MeV and for daughter nuclei is 7 MeV and 8 MeV, respectively, then the energy released in the decay will be

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An element X decays, first by positron emission and then two α-particles are emitted in successive radioactive decay. If the product nuclei has a mass number 229 and atomic number 89, the mass number and atomic number of element X are
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When an electron accelerated by potential difference U is bombarded on a specific metal, the emitted X-ray spectrum obtained is shown in adjoining graph. If the potential difference is reduced to U3, the correct spectrum is

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90% of a radioactive sample is left undecayed after time t has elapsed. What percentage of the initial sample will decay in a total time 2t.
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A radioactive element X converts into another stable element Y. Half life of X is 2 hrs. Initially only X is present. After time t, the ratio of atoms of X and Y is found to be 1: 4, then t in hours is
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A radioactive nuclide A decays to nuclide B which further decays to C. Their disintegration constant are λ1 and λ2, respectively. At t=0 only nuclei A are present. Number of nuclei A at t=0 is N0.

Aλ1Aλ2Ct=0N000tN1N2N3

In the above radioactive decay C is stable nucleus. Then

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Two radioactive sources A and B initially contain equal number of radioactive atoms. Source A has a half-life of 1 hour and source B has a half-life of 2 hours. At the end of 2 hours, the ratio of activity of source A to that of B is
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The radionuclide U238 decays by emitting an alpha particle.

U236Th234+He4

The atomic masses of the three isotopes are.

238U  238.05079 amu

U234  234.04363 amu

4He  4.00260 amu 

What is the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted alpha particle? Express your answer in Joule 1 amu=1.67×10-27 kg

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