Physics M.

12 -PHY-UNIT- 08(3/3)1

Palanichamy
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8.NUCLEAR PHYSICS

[Max Marks: 55

PART-I : ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

(15 x 1 = 15)
1. The nuclear radius of 4Be8 nucleus is
(a) 1.3 1015 m
(b) 2.6 1015 m
(c) 1.3 1013 m
(d) 2.6 1013 m
2. The mass defect of a certain nucleus is found to be 0.03 amu. Its binding energy is
(a) 27.93 eV
(b) 27.93 KeV
(c) 27.93 MeV
(d) 27.93 GeV
3. The half life period of a certain radioactive element with disintegration constant 0.0693 per day is
(a) 10 days
(b) 14 days
(c) 140 days
(d) 1.4 days
4. The radio-isotope used in agriculture is
(a) 15P31
(b)15P32
(c) 11Na23
(d) 11Na24
5. In the nuclear reaction 80Hg198 + X 79Au198 + 1H1, X-stands for
(a)
proton
(b) electron
(c) neutron
(d) deuteron
6. The time taken by the radioactive element to reduce to 1/e times is
(a) half life
(b) mean life
(c) half life/2
(d) twice the mean life
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7. The half life period of N is 10.1 minute. Its life time is
(a)
5.05 minutes
(b) 20.2 minutes
(c) 10.1/ 0.6931 minutes
(d) infinity
8. The binding energy of 26Fe56 nucleus is
(a)
8.8 MeV
(b) 88 MeV
(c) 493 MeV
(d) 41.3 MeV
9. The ratio of nuclear density to the density of mercury is about
(a) 1.3 1010
(b) 1.3
(c) 1.3 1013
(d) 1.3 104
10. An atom has 108 protons and 108 neutrons, the diameter of the nucleus is
(a) 12.4 F
(b) 15.6 F
(c) 3.9 F
(d) 15.6 F
11. The ratio of radii of two nuclei is with mass numbers 1 and 27 is

(a)

1
3

(b)

1
3

(c)

1
3 3

(d) 3

12. 92U238 is radioactive and decays by emitting 8 -particles and 6 -particles before becoming stable nonradioactive element. This stable element is
(a) 83Ra-C214
(b) 82Ra-B214
(c) 82Pb206
(d)56Ba144
13. Choose the wrong answer, in the phenomenon of radioactivity
T
0.6931
1
dN
(a) T1 / 2
(b) 1 / 2
(c)
(d) R

dt
0.6931
14. A radioactive substance decays to

1
nd of its initial activity in 80 hours. The half life of the substance is
32

(a) 20 hour
(b) 16 hour
(c) 5 hour
(d) 2.5 hour
15. If N0 is the original mass of a radioactive substance of half life 5570 years, the fraction of substance
decayed in 16710 years is
(a)

1
N0
8

(b)

1
N0
3

(c)

7
N0
8

(d)

2
N0
3

16. The mass of a proton is 1.007277 amu and that of neutron is 1.008665 amu. If the mass of 1H2 is 2.01473
amu, then the binding energy of 1H2 is
(a) 1.128 MeV
(b) 0.164 MeV
(c) 1.52 MeV
(d) 2.42 MeV

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17. The half life period of an element is infinity. After a time period of infinity the fraction of the substance
remaining undecayed is
(a) 0

(b)

1
2

(c)

1
4

(d) 1

18. The disintegration constant of a radioactive element is 0.00462 per day. The half life is
(a) 0.0032 day
(b) 0.032 day
(c) 150 days
(d) 15 days
19. A radioactive element produces 2 roentgen of radiation. The number of pairs of ions produced in one gram
of air is
(a) 1.6 x 1012 pairs
(b) 3.2 x 1012 pairs
(c) 1.6 x 1024 pairs
(d) 3.2 x 1024 pairs
20. The energy equivalence of electron is ( the mass of electron is 9.1 x 10-31 kg)
(a) 8.19 x 10-14 J
(b) 8.19 x 10-14 MeV
(c) 8.4721 x 10-28 MeV
(d) 8.4721 x 10-28 J
PART-II: Answer all the five of the following
(5 x 3 = 15)
235
21. Assuming that the energy released by the fission of a single 92U nucleus is 200 MeV, calculate the
number of fissions per second required to produce 1 watt of power.
22. Calculate the energy released in the reaction 13Al27 + 1H2 12Mg25 + 2He4
Given
: Mass of 13Al27 = 26.981535 amu; Mass of 1H2 = 2.014102 amu; Mass of 12Mg25 = 24.98584 amu
Mass of 2He4 = 4.002604 amu.
23. Find the energy released when two 1H2 nuclei fuse together to form a single 2He4 nucleus. Given, the
binding energy per nucleon of 1H2 and 2He4 are 1.1 MeV and 7.0 MeV respectively.
24. Calculate the energy released in the following reaction. 3Li6 + 0n1 2He4 + 1H3.
Given: Mass of 3Li6 nucleus = 6.015126 amu; Mass of 1H3 nucleus = 3.016049 amu;
Mass of 2He4 nucleus = 4.002604 amu; Mass of 0n1 = 1.008665 amu.
25. The half life of radon is 3.8 days. Calculate its mean life
PART-III: Answer the following
(4 x 5 = 20)
228
224
26. Thorium (90Th ) emits an -particle to reduce to 88Ra . Calculate the kinetic energy of the -particle
224
224
emitted in the following decay. 90Th228 88Ra224* +
;
+ (217 keV)
88Ra * 88Ra
228
224
Given : Mass of 90Th = 228.028726 amu; Mass of 88Ra = 224.020196 amu; Mass of 2He4 = 4.002604
amu
27. Calculate the mass of coal required to produce the same energy as that produced by the fission of 1 kg of
U235. Given: heat of combustion of coal = 33.6 106 J/kg, 1 ton = 1000 kg. Energy per fission of U235 = 200
MeV. 1eV = 1.6 1019 J. Avagadro number N = 6.023 1023
28. Show that the mass of radium (88Ra226) with an activity of 1 curie is almost a gram. Given T = 1600years;
1 curie = 3.7 1010 disintegrations per second.
29. Singly ionized magnesium atoms enter into the velocity selector of a Bainbridge mass spectrograph having
electric and magnetic fields 30 kV/m and 0.1 tesla respectively. Calculate the radii of the path followed by
the three isotopes of mass numbers 24, 25 and 26 when the deflecting magnetic field is 0.5 telsa. Mass of a
nucleon = 1.67 1027 kg ; Charge of the ion, e = 1.6 1019 C.

1
b
11
a
21

2
c
12
c
22

3
a
13
d
23

4
b
14
b
24

5
c
15
c
25

6
b
16
a
26

7
d
17
d
27

3.125(10

6.697
MeV

23.6
MeV

4.783

5.482
days

5.30
MeV

2441
ton

MeV

8
9
10
c
c
b
18
19
20
c
b
a
28
29
1.0107 g 0.1503 ; 0.1565 ;
0.1628

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