Chapter 5: Q. 5.76 (page 165)
If the amount of radioactive iodine-, used to treat thyroid cancer, in a sample decreases from my to in , what is the half-life of iodinc-? (5.4)
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The iodin half-life-is
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Chapter 5: Q. 5.76 (page 165)
If the amount of radioactive iodine-, used to treat thyroid cancer, in a sample decreases from my to in , what is the half-life of iodinc-? (5.4)
The iodin half-life-is
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a. What are the products in the fission of uranium-that make possible a nuclear chain reaction?
b. What is the purpose of placing control rods among uranium samples in a nuclear reactor?
Write the balanced nuclear equation for each of the following:
a. When two oxygen-atoms collide, one of the products is an alpha particle.
b. When californium- is bombarded by oxygen- , a new element, seaborgium-, and four neutrons are produced.
c. Radon- undergoes alpha decay.
d. An atom of strontium- emits a positron.
Draw the nucleus of the isotope that is bombarded in the following:

Complete each of the following nuclear equations:
b.
c.
d.
A nuclear technician was accidentally exposed to potassium-42 while doing brain scans for possible tumours. The error was not discovered until 36 h later when the activity of the potassium-42 sample was 2.0 Ci. If potassium- 42 has a half-life of 12 h, what was the activity of the sample at the time the technician was exposed?
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