Three α-particles and one β-particle decaying takes place in series from an isotope Ra88236. Finally the isotope obtained will be
X84220
X86222
X83224
X83215
Half life of a radioactive substance is T. The time taken for all the nuclei to disintegrate will be
2T
T2
4T
Uncertain
The half life of polonium is 140 days. After how many days, 16 gm polonium will be reduced to 1 gm (or 15g will decay)
700 days
280 days
560 days
420 days
A radioactive element emits 200 particles per second. After three hours 25 particles per second are emitted. The half life period of element will be
60 minutes
70 minutes
80 minutes
The half life of the isotope Na1124 is 15 hrs. How much time does it take for 78th of a sample of this isotope to decay
65 hrs
55 hrs
45 hrs
If the half life of a radioactive sample is 10 hours, its mean life is
14.4 hours
7.2 hours
20 hours
6.93 hours
If 20 gm of a radioactive substance due to radioactive decay reduces to 10 gm in 4 minutes, then in what time 80 gm of the same substance will reduce to 10 gm
In 8 minutes
In 12 minutes
In 16 minutes
In 20 minutes
16 gm sample of a radioactive element is taken from Bombay to Delhi in 2 hour and it was found that 1 gm of the element remained (undisintegrated). Half life of the element is
2 hour
1 hour
12 hour
14hour
Unit of radioactivity is Rutherford. Its value is
3.7×106 disintegrations/sec
1.0×1010disintegrations/sec
1.0×106 disintegrations/sec
A radioactive substance has a half life of 60 minutes. After 3 hours, the fraction of atom that have decayed would be
87.5%
8.5%
25.1%
An element used for radioactive carbon dating for more than 5600 years is
C-14
U-234
U-238
Po-94
N atoms of a radioactive element emit n alpha particles per second. The half life of the element is
Nn sec
0.693 Nn sec
0.693 nN sec
The radioactive nucleus N713 decays to C613 through the emission of
Neutron
Proton
Electron
Positron
The radioactive decay of uranium into thorium is expressed by the equation U92238→Th90234+X where 'X' is
A proton
A deuteron
An alpha particle
In a radioactive decay, neither the atomic number nor the mass number changes. Which of the following would be emitted in the decay process
Photon
The half life period of a radioactive substance is 5 min. The amount of substance decayed in 20 min will be
75%
25%
6.25%
In the uranium radioactive series, the initial nucleus is U92238 and the final nucleus is Pb82206. When the uranium nucleus decays to lead, the number of α-particles emitted will be
1
2
4
8
Which of the following is a correct statement
Gamma rays are high energy neutrons
Alpha particles are singly ionized helium atoms
Protons and neutrons have exactly the same mass
The half life of I131 is 8 days. Given a sample of I131 at time t = 0, we can assert that
No nucleus will decay before t = 8 days
All nuclei will decay before t = 16 days
A given nucleus may decay at any time after t = 0
Carbon-14 decays with half-life of about 5,800 years. In a sample of bone, the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 is found to be 14 of what it is in free air. This bone may belong to a period about x centuries ago, where x is nearest to
2×58
58
58/2
3×58
In the disintegration series U92238→αX→β-YZA the values of Z and A respectively will be
92, 236
88, 230
90, 234
91, 234
The particles emitted by radioactive decay are deflected by magnetic field. The particles will be
Protons and α-particles
Electrons, protons and α-particles
Electrons, protons and neutrons
Electrons and α-particles
Half life of a radioactive element is 10 days. The time during which quantity remains 1/10 of initial mass will be
100 days
50 days
33 days
16 days
In the given nuclear reaction A, B, C, D, E represents U92238→αThBA→βPaDC→EU92234
A = 234, B = 90, C = 234, D = 91, E = β
A = 234, B = 90, C = 238, D = 94, E =α
A = 238, B = 93, C = 234, D = 91, E = β
A = 234, B = 90, C = 234, D = 93, E = α
If half life of a radioactive element is 3 hours, after 9 hours its activity becomes
1/9
1/27
1/6
1/8
At any instant the ratio of the amount of radioactive substances is 2 : 1. If their half lives be respectively 12 and 16 hours, then after two days, what will be the ratio of the substances?
1 : 1
2 : 1
1 : 2
1 : 4
Which of the following isotopes is used for the treatment of cancer
K40
Co60
Sr90
I131
If half-life of a radioactive atom is 2.3 days, then its decay constant would be
0.1
0.2
0.3
2.3
A radio isotope has a half life of 75 years. The fraction of the atoms of this material that would decay in 150 years will be
85.5%
62.5%
An artificial radioactive decay series begins with unstable Pu94241. The stable nuclide obtained after eight α decays and five β-decays is
Bi83209
Pb82209
Ti82205
Hg82201
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