July 10, 2006

Beta particles has a mass number of 0

The amount of energy acquired by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
is a (an) Electron Volt
Alpha particles have a mass number of 4
A gamma ray has a charge of no and a mass of no
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One eV = 1.6X10 Joules
The daughter of Sr-90 undergoing negatron decay is Y-90
The parent of Pb-200 which had undergone alpha decay is Po-204
The only nuclear electromagnetic radiation is the Gamma ray
Ten (10) Becquerel (Bq) = 10 disintegration/second (dis/s)
The time required for the activity of a sample to decay to one half of its original value is called
the Half-life
A process in which an unstable nucleus spontaneously emits radiation to reach a more stable state
is Radioactive Decay
The transition of an outer orbital electron to an inner shell results in the production of
Characteristic X-ray
The number of half-lives required to reduce the activity to 1/32 of the original amount is 16
How much Tc-99m will remain after four physical half-lives if the initial activity was 2mCi?
Answer: 0.125 mCi
The fraction of the number of atoms that decay per unit time is called
Decay constant
The time rate of radioactive decay is called Activity
The decay constant of I-131 is 0.0036/hr
How many half-lives must elapse before the remaining activity is less than 0.1% of the original
activity? Answer: 10
Neutron emission occurs when there are too many Neutrons inside the nucleus of
the atom
Electron capture results in an emission of a Characteristic X-ray
Isomeric transition results in the emission of a Gamma rays
Annihilation process produces a pair of photons equal in magnitude but opposite in
directions
The equivalent energy of an electron is 0.511 MeV
The removal of an electron by a characteristic radiation within an atom is called
Auger process
If the half-life of a radioactive substance is 5 days, how many half-lives will elapse in 2 months
(60 d)? Answer: 12
t - t
The radioactive decay law equation is A = Aoe-λ or N= Noe λ
The half-life of Cobalt-60 is 5.26 years
The two kinds of decays that may occur when there are too many protons in the nucleus of an
atom are Alpha decay and Electron capture
If the decay constant of a radioactive sample is 0.36/hr and the number of radioactive atom is
5
10 , the activity of the sample is 36,000 Bq
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One (1) mCi = 3.7X10 Bq