The half-life of radium is about 1600 yr. Of 100 g of radium existing now, 25 g will remain unchanged after
1. 4800 yr
2. 6400 yr
3. 2400 yr
4. 3200 yr
Half-life of a radioactive substance is 12.5 h and its mass is 256 g. After what time, the amount of remaining substance is 1 g?
1. 75 h
2. 100 h
3. 125 h
4. 150 h
A radioactive substance disintegrates 1/64 of initial value in 60 s. The half-life of this substance is
1. 5 s
2. 10 s
3. 30 s
4. 20 s
The nucleus C126 absorbs an energetic neutron and emits a beta particle (β-). The resulting nucleus is
1. C147
2. N137
3. B135
4. C136
If in a nuclear fusion process, the masses of the fusion nuclei be m1 and m2 and the mass of the resultant nucleus be m3, then
1. m3=m1+m2
2. m3=|m1-m2|
3. m3<(m1+m2)
4. m3>(m1+m2)
The nuclei of which one of the following pairs of nuclei are isotones?
1. S34e74, G31a71
2. M42o92, Z40r92
3. S38r84, S38r86
4. C20a40, S3216
The counting rate observed from a radioactive source at t = 0 second was 1600 counts per second and at t = 8 seconds it was 100 counts per second. The counting rate observed, as counts per second, at t = 6 seconds will be:
1. 400
2. 300
3. 200
4. 150
If N0 is the original mass of the substance of half life period T1/2= 5 years, then the amount of substance left after 15 years is
1. N0/8
2. N0/16
3. N0/2
4. N0/4
The numbers of nuclei of a radioactive substance at time t = 0 are 1000 and 900 at time t = 2 sec. Then the number of nuclei at time t = 4 sec will be:
1. 800
2. 810
3. 790
4. 700
A nucleus XAZ has mass represented by m(A, Z). If mp and mn denote the mass of proton and neutron respectively and BE is the binding energy (in MeV), then:
1. BE = [m(A, Z) - Zmp- (A - Z)mn] c2
2. BE = [Zmp+ (A - Z)mn- m(A,Z)] c2
3. BE = [Zmp+ Amn- m(A, Z)] c2
4. BE = m(A, Z) - Zmp- (A, Z)mn