91.
The half-life of a radioactive element $$A$$ is the same as the mean-life of another radioactive element $$B.$$ Initially both substances have the same number of atoms, then :
A
$$A$$ and $$B$$ decay at the same rate always.
B
$$A$$ and $$B$$ decay at the same rate initially.
C
$$A$$ will decay at a faster rate than $$B.$$
D
$$B$$ will decay at a faster rate than $$A.$$
Answer :
$$B$$ will decay at a faster rate than $$A.$$
$$\eqalign{
& {\left( {{T_{\frac{1}{2}}}} \right)_A} = {\left( {{t_{{\text{mean}}}}} \right)_B} \cr
& \Rightarrow \frac{{0.693}}{{{\lambda _A}}} = \frac{1}{{{\lambda _B}}} \cr
& \Rightarrow {\lambda _A} = 0.693{\lambda _B} \cr
& {\text{or}}\,\,{\lambda _A} < {\lambda _B} \cr} $$
Also rate of decay $$ = \lambda N$$
Initially number of atoms $$\left( N \right)$$ of both are equal but since $${\lambda _B} > {\lambda _A},$$ therefore $$B$$ will decay at a faster rate than $$A$$
92.
A nucleus $$_n^mX$$ emits one $$\alpha $$-particle and two $${\beta ^ - }$$ particles. The resulting nucleus is
93.
A radioactive material of half life $$\ell n2$$ was produced in a nuclear reactor. Consider two different instants $$A$$ and $$B.$$ The number of undecayed nuclei at instant $$B$$ was twice of that of instant $$A.$$ If the activities at instants $$A$$ and $$B$$ are $${A_1}$$ and $${A_2}$$ respectively then the difference in the age of he sample at these instants equals.
A
$$\left| {\ell n\left( {\frac{{2{A_1}}}{{{A_2}}}} \right)} \right|$$
B
$$\ell n2\left| {\ell n\left( {\frac{{{A_1}}}{{{A_2}}}} \right)} \right|$$
C
$$\left| {\ell n\left( {\frac{{{A_2}}}{{2{A_1}}}} \right)} \right|$$
D
$$\ell n2\left| {\ell n\left( {\frac{{{A_2}}}{{{A_1}}}} \right)} \right|$$
94.
In a certain hypothetical radioactive decay process, species $$A$$ decays into species $$B$$ and species $$B$$ decays into species $$C$$ according to the reactions :
$$\eqalign{
& A \to 2B + {\text{particles}} + {\text{energy}} \cr
& B \to 3C + {\text{particles}} + {\text{energy}} \cr} $$
The decay constant for species is $${\lambda _1} = 1\,{\sec ^{ - 1}}$$ and that for the species $$B$$ is $${\lambda _2} = 100\,{\sec ^{ - 1}}.$$ Initially $${10^4}$$ moles of species of $$A$$ were present while there was none of $$B$$ and $$C.$$ It was found that species $$B$$ reaches its maximum number at a time $${t_0} = 2\,\ln \left( {10} \right)\sec .$$ Calculate the value of maximum number of moles of $$B.$$
$$_{92}{U^{238}}{ \to _{92}}T{h^{238}}{ + _2}H{e^4}$$
According to law of conservation of linear momentum, we have.
$$\left| {{P_{Th}}} \right| = \left| {{P_{He}}} \right| = P$$
⇒ As, kinetic energy of an element,
$$KE = \frac{{{P^2}}}{{2m}}$$
where, $$m$$ is mass of an element.
Thus, $$KE \propto \frac{1}{M}$$
So, $${M_{He}} < {M_{Th}} \Rightarrow {K_{He}} > {K_{Th}}$$
96.
Two radioactive materials $${X_1}$$ and $${X_2}$$ have decay constants $$10\lambda $$ and $$\lambda $$ respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of $${X_1}$$ to that of $${X_2}$$ will be $$\frac{1}{e}$$ after a time
Isotopes : $$A\,\& \,C$$ have same number of protons.
98.
When the nucleus of a radium-226, which is at rest, decays, an $$\alpha $$ particle and the nucleus of radon are created. The released energy during the decay is $$4.87\,MeV,$$ which appears as the kinetic energy of the two resulted particles. Calculate the kinetic energy of $$\alpha $$ particle and radon nucleus.
99.
The half life of a radioactive isotope $$'X'$$ is 50 years. It decays to another element $$'Y'$$ which is stable. The two elements $$'X'$$ and $$'Y'$$ were found to be in the ratio of $$1 : 15$$ in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock was estimated to be
Let number of atoms in $$X = {N_x}$$
Number of atoms in $$Y = {N_y}$$
By question
$$\eqalign{
& \frac{{{N_x}}}{{{N_y}}} = \frac{1}{{15}} \cr
& \therefore {\text{Part}}\,{\text{of}}\,{N_x} = \frac{1}{{16}}\left( {{N_x} + {N_y}} \right) = \frac{1}{{{2^4}}}\left( {{N_x} + {N_y}} \right) \cr} $$
So, total 4 half lives are passed, so, age of rock is $$4 \times 50 = 200\,{\text{years}}$$
100.
In compound $$X\left( {n,\alpha } \right){ \to _3}L{i^7},$$ the element $$X$$ is
The given nuclear reaction can be written as
$$_Z{X^A}{ + _0}{n^1}{ \to _3}L{i^7}{ + _2}H{e^4}$$
Conservation of mass number gives,
$$A + 1 = 7 + 4 \Rightarrow A = 10$$
Conservation of charge number/Atomic No. gives,
$$Z + 0 = 2 + 3 \Rightarrow Z = 5$$
Hence, $$Z = 5,A = 10$$ corresponds to boron $$\left( {_5{B^{10}}} \right).$$