Chapter 30: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
Practice Questions



1.  

What is the Atomic Number of 23692U?

92
144
236
328


2.  

What is the Atomic Mass Number of 23692U?

92
144
236
328


3.  

What is the Neutron Number of 23692U?

92
144
236
328


4.  

What is the mass of 23692U to the nearest u?

328 u
236 u
235 u
144 u


5.  

What is the actual mass of 23692U?

236 u
236.0001 u
236.038735 u
236.045562 u


6.  

What is the answer to question 5 in kilograms?

3.9195366x10-25 Kg
3.9296766x10-26 Kg
3.9431411x10-25 Kg
3.9395386x10-24 Kg


7.  

Which of the following is not a reason why the answers to question 4 and 5 are not exactly equal?

The mass of the proton plus the electron is not exactly 1 u.
The mass of the neutron is not exactly 1 u.
Several different isotopes of Uranium exist in nature.
E=mc2


8.  

The mass of 126C is exactly 12.000000 u. Why?

It is the only existing isotope of carbon.
That is how the mass unit u is defined.
The relativistic effect cancels out the mass defect.
Because of limited experimental accuracy.


9.  

What element is given by 4020X, where X stands for the element symbol, but is not the symbol?

Calcium
Zirconium
Xenon
Iron


10.  

What is the binding energy of the 126C nucleus?

12 MeV
937 keV
92 MeV


11.  

9038Sr is radioactive. What form of radiation does it emit?

alpha
beta
gamma
delta


12.  

What is the half-life of 9038Sr?

23 s
11.8 days
29.1 yr
4.1x109 years


13.  

What isotope results from the decay of 9038Sr?

9037Rb
9039Y
8939Y
8938Sr


14.  

If you start out with 8x1024 9038Sr, how many do you have after 2 half-lives?

2x1024
8x106
2x106


15.  

The mass of 9038Sr is 89.907737 u and the mass of the atom its beta decays to is 89.907151 u. What is the energy released in the decay?

1.2 MeV
112 keV
.546 MeV
1.8 MeV


16.  

How many 9038Sr atoms would there be in 1 gram of the substance?

1.7x1012
6.7x1021
6.7x1024
1.7x1026


17.  

What is the decay constant for 9038Sr?

29.1 years
.0238 year-1
.0344 year-1
.52 year-1


18.  

How long would it take a sample of 7x1021 of 9038Sr atoms to decrease to 6x1010 atoms?

29.1 years
107 years
1070 years
1000000 years


19.  

What would be the activity of the strontium sample at the end of the period covered in question 18?

45 decays/s
1130 decays/s
21100 decays/s
6.7x1021 decays/s


20.  

2211Na decays via positron emission into

2311Na
2212Mg
2210Ne
2311Ne


21.  

22890Th emits a gamma ray. The resulting nucleus is

22890Th
22891Pa
22990Th
23092U


22.  

In beta decay a electron is emitted along with the daughter nucleus. What is the other particle emitted?

beta particle
antineutron
neutrino
antineutrino


23.  

253100Fm decays via electron capture. The resulting element is

25299Es
25499Es
25399Es
253101Md


24.  

21084Po decays by alpha decay. The resulting isotope is

21082Pb
21081Bi
20881Bi
20682Pb


25.  

What is the energy released in the above decay?

234 MeV
23.4 MeV
5.4 MeV
13.6 eV


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