JEE Main & Advanced Physics Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    A radioactive sample is a-emitter with half life 138.6 days is observed by a student to have 2000 disintegration/sec. The number of radioactive nuclei for given activity are

    A)            3.45 ´ 1010                             

    B)            1 ´ 1010

    C)            3.45 ´ 1015                                

    D)            2.75 ´ 1011

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                Activity of substance that has 2000 disintegration/sec                    \[=\frac{2000}{3.7\times {{10}^{10}}}=0.054\times {{10}^{-6}}ci=0.054\,\mu ci\]                    The number of radioactive nuclei having activity A                    \[N=\frac{A}{\lambda }=\frac{2000\times {{T}_{1/2}}}{{{\log }_{e}}2}\]                    \[=\frac{2000\times 138.6\times 24\times 3600}{0.693}=3.45\times {{10}^{10}}\]


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