Radioactivity

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Radioactivity: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Parent Nuclei, Daughter Nuclei, Change in Atomic Number after Alpha Decay, Change in Mass Number after Alpha Decay, Change in Atomic Number after Beta Decay, Gamma Ray Emission, Radioactive Decay Law, etc.

Important Questions on Radioactivity

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Two nuclei have mass numbers in the ratio 1:8. The ratio of their nuclear radii would be:

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The plot of the activity of a radioactive species versus time would be:

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How long will a radioactive isotope, whose half life is T years, take for its activity to reduce to 18th of its initial value?

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How long will a radioactive isotope, whose half-life is T years, take for its activity to reduce to 18th of its initial value?

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Two nuclei have mass numbers in the ratio 8 : 125. The ratio of their nuclear radii is:

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In decay, the terms half-life period and decay constant is used. The relationship between the two is

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A radioactive sample contains 2.2 mg of pure611C which has half-life period of 1224 s. Calculate the number of atoms present initially and the activity when  5 μg of the sample will be left.

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In the Uranium radioactive series, the initial nucleus is   238 92 U  and the final nucleus is   206 82 Pb . When the Uranium nucleus decays to lead, the number of  α-particles emitted is _______________ and the number of   β-particles emitted is _______________.

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The half life of a radioactive substance is 20 minutes. In how much time, the activity of substance drops to 116th of its initial value?

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The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is 5 years. The fraction of the original sample that would decay in 15 years is :

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Two radioactive elements A and B initially have same number of atoms. The half life of A is same as the average life of B. If λA and λB are decay constants of A and B respectively, then choose the correct relation from the given options.

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The decay constant for a radioactive nuclide is 1.5×10-5 s-1. Atomic weight of the substance is 60 g mole-1, NA=6×1023. The activity of 1.0 µg of the substance is ________ ×1010 Bq.

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A radio active material is reduced to 18 of its original amount in 3 days. If 8×10-3 kg of the material is left after 5 days the initial amount of the material is

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The half life of a radioactive substance is T. The time taken, for disintegrating 78th part of its original mass will be:

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A has half life of 5 years. Find the amount of A left after 15 years.

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If half life of a radio-active nuclide A is equal to average life of another radio-active nuclide B. Find the ratio of decay constant of A to that of B.

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If half life for a radio active decay reaction is T. Find the time after which 78th of initial mass decays.

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The graph shows the variation of the number of radioactive atoms left undecayed with time. The time t  corresponding to N0 is:
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Assuming 1 μg of trace radioactive element X with a half life of 30 years is absorbed by a growing tree. The amount of X remaining in the tree after 100 years is ×10-1 μg.
[Given: ln10=2.303; log 2=0.30]

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A radioactive element X92242 emits two α-particles, one electron and two positrons. The product nucleus is represented by YP234. The value of P is ______.