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Chapter 5: Q.5.74 (page 165)
The activity of C-14 in a 70kg human body is estimated to be 3.7 kBq. What is this activity in microcuries?
The activity is
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The half-life for the radioactive decay of Ce-141 is days. If a sample has an activity of after 130 days have elapsed, what was the initial activity, in microcuries, of the sample?
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.
Calcium-, used to evaluate bone metabolism, has a half-life of days.
a. Write the balanced nuclear equation for the beta decay of calcium-.
b. How many milligrams of a sample of calcium- remain after days?
c. How many days have passed ifof calcium- decayed to of calcium-?
Where does fusion occur naturally?
Carbon dating of small bits of charcoal used in cave paintings has determined that some of the paintings are from to old. Carbon-has a half-life of . In a sample of carbon from a live tree, the activity of carbon-is . If researchers determine that of charcoal from a prehistoric cave painting in France has an activity of , what is the age of the painting?
The technique of carbon dating is used to determine the age of ancient cave paintings.
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