EDU 109 Advanced Chemistry

1st Semester SY 2021-2022

Problem Set #14
Answer as directed
1. What led Marie Curie to draw the following conclusions?
a. Radioactivity is a property of the element and not the compound which it is
found
b. A highly radioactive element, aside from uranium, occurs in pitchblende.
2. Write a balanced nuclear equations for the following:
a. Alpha decay of 234 92 U
b. Electron capture by neptunium-232
c. Positron emission by127N
3. What is the most likely mode of decay for each?
a. 15❑C
b. 120❑ Xe
c. 224❑Th
4. Why does bombardments with protons usually require higher energies than
bombardment with neutrons?
5. When a nucleus forms nucleons, is energy absorbed or released? Why?
6. A ❑3 H nucleus decays with an energy of 0.01861 MeV. Convert this energy onto (a)
electron volts; (b) joules.
7. Oxygen-16 is one of the most stable nuclides. The mass of a 16❑O atom is 15.994915 amu.
Calculate the binding energy (a) per nucleon in MeV; (b) per atom in MeV; and (c) per
mole in kJ.
8. What volume of radon will be produced per hour at STP from 1.000g of 226 ❑ Ra (t1/2 = 1599
226
yr; 1 yr = 8766 h; mass of one ❑ Ra atom = 226.025402 amu)?
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