Pós-graduação em C&T das Radiações, Minerais e Materiais

RMM001 – Física das Radiações

Prof. Maximiliano D. Martins ( mdm@cdtn.br ) 2024

Atividade 4 – Decaimento Exponencial

Exercícios (Capítulo 4, Turner 3ª ed., p. 103): 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24, 28

3. The activity of a radioisotope is found to decrease by 30% in 1 wk. What are the values of its
(a) decay constant
(b) half-life
(c) mean life?

5. The isotope 132I decays by β– emission into stable 132Xe with a half-life of 2.3 h.
(a) How long will it take for 7/8 of the original 132I atoms to decay?
(b) How long it will take for a sample of 132I to lose 95% of its activity?

6. A very old specimen of wood contained 1012 atoms of 14C in 1986.

(a) How many 14C atoms did it contain in the year 9474 B.C.?
(b) How many 14C atoms did it contain in 1986 B.C.?

9. Compute the specific activity of

(a) 238U
(b) 90Sr
(c) 3H

10. How many grams of 32P are there in a 5 mCi source?

11. How many atoms are there in a 1.16-MBq source of

(a) 24Na?
(b) 238U?

14. A 0.2-g sample of 85 85

36𝐾𝑟 gas, which decays into stable 37𝑅𝑏, is accidentally broken and escapes inside a
sealed warehouse measuring 40×30×20 m. What is the specific activity of the air inside?

15. A 6.2-mg sample of 90Sr is in secular equilibrium with its daughter 90Y.
(a) How many Bq of 90Sr are present?
(b) How many Bq of 90Y are present?
(c) What is the mass of 90Y present?
(d) What will the activity of the 90Y be after 100 y?

16. A sample contains 1.0 GBq of 90Sr and 0.62 GBq of 90Y.
(a) What will be the total activity of the sample 10 days later?
(b) What will be the total activity of the sample 29.12 years later?

24. A 40-mg sample of pure 226Ra is encapsulated.

(a) How long will it take for the activity of 222Rn to build up to 10 mCi?
(b) What will be the activity of 222Rn after 2 years?
(c) What will be the activity of 222Rn after 1000 years?
(d) What is the ratio of the specific activity of 222Rn to that of 226Ra?
28. The average mass of potassium in the human body is about 140 g. From the abundance and half-life given
in Appendix D, estimate the average activity of 40K in the body.