A nucleus of uranium decays at rest into nuclei of thorium and helium. Then,
(1) the helium nucleus has more kinetic energy than the thorium nucleus
(2) the helium nucleus has less momentum than the thorium nucleus
(3) the helium nucleus has more momentum than the thorium nucleus
(4) the helium nucleus has less kinetic energy than the thorium nucleus
The binding energy per nucleon of and nuclei are 5.60meV and 7.06meV, respectively.
In the nuclear reaction , the value of energy Q released is -
(a)19.6MeV
(b)-2.4MeV
(c)8.4MeV
(d)17.3MeV
A radioisotope X with a half-life 1.4x109 yr decays into Y which is stable. A sample of the rock from a cave was found to contain X and Y in the ratio 1:7. The age of the rock is
(1)1.96x109 yr
(2)3.92x109 yr
(3)4.20x109 yr
(4)8.40x109 yr
A certain mass of hydrogen is changed to helium by the process of fusion. The mass defect in the fusion reaction is 0.02866 u. The energy liberated per nucleon is: (given 1 u = 931 MeV)
(1) 2.67 MeV
(2) 26.7 MeV
(3) 6.675 MeV
(4) 13.35 MeV
If the nuclear radius of is 3.6 Fermi, the approximate nuclear radius of in Fermi is
(a)2.4 (b)1.2
(c)4.8 (d)3.6
A mixture consists of two radioactive materials and with half lives of 20 s and 10 s respectively.Initially the mixture has 40g of and 160g of . The amount of the two in the mixture will become equal after
(a)60 s (b)80 s
(c)20 s (d) 40 s
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is 50 days. The time interval between the time when of it has decayed and the time when of it had decayed is:
1. 30 days
2. 50 days
3. 60 days
4. 15 days
Fusion reaction takes place at high temperature because
(1) atoms get ionised at high temperature
(2) kinetic energy is high enough to overcome the Coulomb repulsion between nuclei
(3) molecules break up at high temperature
(4) nuclei break up at high temperature
Two radioactive nuclei P and Q, in a given sample decay into a stable nucleus R. At time t=0, the number of P species are and that of Q is Half-life of P(for conversion to R) is 1 min whereas that of Q is 2 min. Initially there are no nuclei of R present in the sample. When number of nuclei of P and Q are equal, the number of nuclei of R present in the sample would be:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The mass of a nucleus is 0.042u less than the sum of the masses of its nucleons.The binding energy per nucleon of nucleus is nearly
(a) 46 MeV (b) 5.6 MeV
(c) 3.9 MeV (d) 23 MeV