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Subject : Physics Date : SCORE

Topic/s : Nuclear Physics Class :

Duration : 30 minutes Name :

Nuclear Physics
(Continual Assessment)

Direction: answer the questions on the spaces provided.

For
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Phosphorus-30 (15 P) was the first artificial radioactive nuclide to be produced in a laboratory. Examiner’s
27 Use
This was achieved by bombarding aluminium-27 (13 Al ) with -particles.
A partial nuclear equation to represent this reaction is
27 30
13 Al +α → 15 P +ϕ
(a) State the full nuclear notation for
(b) (i) the -particle,
................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) the particle represented by the symbol .
...............................................................................................................................[1]
(b) Data for the rest masses of the particles in the reaction are given in Fig. 1.1

Fig. 1.1

(b) Calculate, for this reaction,

(i) the change in the total rest mass of the particles,

mass change = ………………………….. u [2]

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For
(ii) the energy, in joule, equivalent to the mass change calculated in (i). Examiner’s
Use

energy = ……………………………… J [2]

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(a) The element strontium has at least 16 isotopes. One of these isotopes is strontium-89.
This isotope has a half-life of 52 days.

Calculate the decay constant of a nucleus of strontium-89.

decay constant = ………………….. s-1 [2]

(b) A laboratory prepares a strontium-89 source.

The activity of this source is measured 21 days after preparation of the source and is
found to be 7.4 × 106 Bq.

Determine, the activity for the strontium-89 source at the time that it was prepared,

activity = ……………………… Bq [2]

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