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Radioactive decay kinetics
- Advanced 2024ChemistryInteger
A sample initially contains only U-238 isotope of uranium. With time, some of the U-238 radioactively decays into Pb-206 while the rest of it remains undisintegrated.
When the age of the sample is years, the ratio of mass of Pb-206 to that of U-238 in the sample is found to be 7. The value of P is _____.
[Given: Half-life of U-238 is years; ]
- Main 2022ChemistryInteger
A radioactive element has a half life of 200 days. The percentage of original activity remaining after 83 days is ______. (Nearest integer)
(Given : antilog 0.125 = 1.333, antilog 0.693 = 4.93)
- Main 2022ChemistryInteger
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 _______ μg.
[Given: ln 10 = 2.303; log 2 = 0.30]
- Advanced 2020ChemistryNumerical
is known to undergo radioactive decay to form by emitting alpha and beta particles. A rock initially contained g of . If the number of alpha particles that it would emit during its radioactive decay of to in three half-lives is , then what is the value of ?
- Advanced 2019ChemistryMultiple correct
In the decay sequence,
, , and are particles/radiation emitted by the respective isotopes. The correct option(s) is(are)
- Advanced 2016ChemistryMultiple correct
A plot of the number of neutrons against the number of protons of stable nuclei exhibits upward deviation from linearity for atomic number, . For an unstable nucleus having ratio less than 1, the possible mode(s) of decay is(are)
- Advanced 2015ChemistryInteger
A closed vessel with rigid walls contains 1 mol of and 1 mol of air at 298 K. Considering complete decay of to , the ratio of the final pressure to the initial pressure of the system at 298 K is
- Advanced 2013ChemistryMultiple correct
In the nuclear transmutation
(X, Y) is(are) - Advanced 2011ChemistrySingle correct
Bombardment of aluminum by -particle leads to its artificial disintegration in two ways, (i) and (ii) as shown. Products X, Y and Z respectively are,
- Advanced 2010ChemistryInteger
The number of neutrons emitted when undergoes controlled nuclear fission to and is
- Advanced 2009ChemistryInteger
The total number of and particles emitted in the nuclear reaction is
- Advanced 2008ChemistryAssertion and reason
STATEMENT-1: The plot of atomic number (y-axis) versus number of neutrons (x-axis) for stable nuclei shows a curvature towards x-axis from the line of 45° slope as the atomic number is increased.
and
STATEMENT-2: Proton-proton electrostatic repulsions begin to overcome attractive forces involving protons and neutrons in heavier nuclides.
- Advanced 2007ChemistrySingle correct
A positron is emitted from . The ratio of the atomic mass and atomic number of the resulting nuclide is