Assuming a half-life of 1599 years in how many years will 1/16 of a given amount of radium-226

remain?

9. The half-life of cobalt-60 is 10.47 min. How many milligrams of cobalt-60 remain after 104.7 min if
you start with 10.0mg?

10. The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.46X109 years. If 4.46X109 years ago a sample contained 4.0mg of
uranium-238, how many milligrams of uranium-238 does the sample contain today?

11. The half-life of polonium-218 is 3.0min. If you start with 16 mg, how long will it be before only
1.0 mg remains?

Complete the following nuclear reactions and state the type of radioactive decay:
5. 202 198
Hg  Pt +
80 78 ________________

6. 232 0
Pa  + 
91 ____________ -1

7. 46 46
Ti  Sc +
22 21 ________________
Answer the following questions.
9. The splitting of the nucleus into lighter nuclei is called_______________________.

10. When light mass nuclei combine to form a heavier, more stable nucleus this is
called_________________.

(a) Complete the nuclear equations for a decay of the following isotopes by adding in the products

210
86 Rn +
230
90 Th +
10
4 Be +
238
88 Ra +
238
94 Pu +

(b) Complete the nuclear equations for B decay of the following isotopes by adding in the products

40
19 K +
234
90 Th +
 8
4 Be +
79
34 Se +
85
36 Kr +

(c) Complete the nuclear equations by adding in the isotope that decays and the type of decay

Type of
decay
125
39 Y + 0
−1 e
238
94 Pu + 4
2 He
205
81 Tl + 4
2 He