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The radionuclide C11decays according to

C11B11+e++v,T1/2=20.3

The maximum energy of the emitted positrons is 0.960 MeV. (a) Show that the disintegration energy Qfor this process is given by

role="math" localid="1661759171201" Q=(mC-mB-2me)c2

WheremCandmBare the atomic masses ofC11andB11, respectively, andmeis the mass of a positron. (b) Given the mass valuesmC=11.011434u,mB=11.009305uandme=0.0005486u, calculate Qand compare it with the maximum energy of the emitted positron given above. (Hint:LetmC andmBbe the nuclear masses and then add in enough electrons to use the atomic masses.)

Short Answer

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  1. The disintegration energy Q for this process is given byQ=mC-mB-2mec2.
  2. The value of Q is 0.961 MeV and the value is almost the same value as given maximum energy of the emitted positrons.

Step by step solution

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Given data

The radioactive decay,C11B11+e++v,T1/2=20.3min

Maximum energy of the emitted positrons,Emax=0.960MeV

Atomic mass ofC11,mC=11.011434u,

Atomic mass ofB11,mB=11.009305u ,

Atomic mass of a positron,me=0.0005486u

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Understanding the concept of disintegration energy

For nuclear fission of radioactive nuclide, the radionuclide needs to disintegrate by releasing some energy change. Again, nuclides with nuclear radii have nuclear mass acting into the disintegrating energy. But, we know that the sum of nuclear mass and the electronic mass which is the sum of total electron mass gives us the atomic mass. Thus, considering this concept, we can get the disintegration energy that is in the form of atomic masses of the nuclides.

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Step 3:a) Calculation of the disintegration energy of the process

Since, the positron has the same mass as an electron and the neutrino has negligible mass. Then, the energy considering its nuclear radii can be given as:

mc2=mB+me-mCc2

Now, since carbon has 6 electrons (see Appendix F and/or G) and boron has 5 electrons, we can add and subtract 6meto the above expression and obtain the above expression as:

mc2=mB+7me-mC-6mec2=mB+2me-mCc2

The above final expression involves the atomic masses of the nuclidesas well an 鈥渆xtra鈥 term corresponding to two electron masses.

Now, the above term considering the energy of an electron can be given as:

mc2=mC-mBc2-20.511MeV,asmec2=0.511MeV......1

Hence, the disintegration energy Q for this process is given by Q=mC-mB-2mec2where, mCand mBare the atomic masses of C11and B11, respectively, and meis the mass of a positron.

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b) Calculation of the value of Q

Using the given data in equation (1), we can get the disintegration energy or the Q-value of the decay process as follows:

mc2=11.011434u-11.009305u931.5MeV/u-1.022MeV=0.961MeV

Hence, the value of Q is 0.961MeVand is almost the same value as given maximum energy of the positrons.

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