Quiz SIC2012

(30 MARKS)

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Name: Matric number:

1. (a) Complete the nuclear equation below:

210
Pb  ________+ ________

226
Ra  ________ + _________

38 38
K  Ar + ________

23
Mg  23 Na + _______

60m
Ni  60 Ni + _______

(7 marks)

2. Explain the differences between the following terms:

(a) chemical reaction and radioactive decay

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(b) Auger electron and internal rearrangement
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(8 marks)

3. (a) If your friend claimed to be more than a thousand years of age during this quiz, can
you verify his claim with carbon dating? Explain your answer.
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(5 marks)
(b) YaYa Croft unearths a wood sample that is 5000 years old. What is the activity
of this wood sample if carbon from present-day living material gives 15.3
disintegrations of 14C per minute per gram of carbon. The half-life of carbon-
14 is 5.715 x 103 years. (5 marks)

4. You kept 2100 uCi of P-32 in your safe for 8 weeks before you deliver it to your
customer. How much of the original 2100 uCi is left? (t1/2 = 14.26 days). (5 marks)

Useful constants:

Avogadro’s number (NA) = 6.022137 x 1023/mol speed of light (c) = 3.0 x 108 m/s

mass of proton = 1.007276 amu 6.022137 x 1023 amu = 1g

mass of neutron = 1.008664 amu 1 J = 1 kgm2/s2 1 eV = 1.602 x 10-19 J

1 Mev = 106 eV
mass of electron = 5.485799 x 10-4 amu