Fill-in the following table for the decay of a particular radioisotope.

Q: Who discovered Radioactivity? How?

A: Radioactivity is the spontaneous emission of radiation in the form of particles or high energy…

Q: What units are used to measure radioactivity?

A: Radioactive decay or radioactivity refers to the breakdown of an unstable nucleus to a stable…

Q: What is the meanings of radioactivity, nucleon, nuclide, and isotope

A: What are the meanings of radioactivity, nucleon, nuclide, and isotope?

Q: What is a positron? What happens to the mass number and atomic number of a nuclide that emits a…

A: The antiparticles of electrons are known as positrons. Positron emission also known as beta plus…

Q: Write balanced equations for the decays of 13N and 18F, two other radioisotopes that are used in…

A: Positron collision with an electron causes annihilation.In annihilation process any subatomic…

Q: What is one example of a radioisotope used in medicine? What is it used for?

A: Introduction: Radioisotopes are the element which which are formed through the process of radiation…

Q: The binding energy per nucleon:

A: Binding energy can be defined as the energy required to hold nucleons together.

Q: Which form of nuclear radiation has the greatest penetrating power?

A: Penetration power is the tendency of an element refers to its tendency to pass through a particular…

Q: Give examples of common radioisotopes used in medicine.

A: The examples of common radioisotopes used in medicine has to be given.

Q: What radionuclide technique can be used to estimate the age of fossils up to 50,000 years old?

A: Radionuclide: It is also known as Radioactive nuclide, radioactive isotopes. These are the atoms…

Q: The bacteria in some foods are sterilized by placing the food near a source of 1onizing radiation.…

A: radiation is a transmission of waves that travels through a medium. For Eg electromagnetic…

Q: What is the daughter nuclide when N-13 experiences positron emission? (Write your answer as a…

A: Given,  N-13 experiences positron emission.  Positron emission increases the number of neutrons and…

Q: Summarize medical applications of radioisotopes

A: Radioisotopes have many applications in both diagnosis and medical treatment. The radiations emitted…

Q: Explain why it is safe to use radioisotopes to diagnose medical problems.

A: To find: Why is is safe to use radioisotopes to diagnose medical problems

Q: What is the nuclear binding energy of a nucleus?

A: The mass lost in the formation of a nucleus is converted into energy in accordance with Einstein's…

Q: what is radiological dating? Explain the technique with detail

A: The radioactive dating technique is a scientific and elaborate technique applied for the estimation…

Q: Why can’t radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of an artifact that is over 50,000 years…

A: The reason why radiocarbon dating could not be used to obtain the age of an artifact which is 50,000…

Q: Lutetium-177 is an ideal therapeutic radioisotope because it is a strong β emitter and emits just…

A: According to the law of conservation of atomic mass and number, the unknown element can be…

Q: How does a radionuclide generator produce radionuclides?

A: Radionuclide generators are devices that produce a short-lived medical radionuclide from the…

Q: What radioisotope could be a problem in homes built of cinder blocks made from uranium mine…

A: Uranium mine tailing is a waste from the Uranium mill that is used for preparing cinder blocks.…

Q: Which of the following nuclear emissions moves away from negatively charged plates and moves towards…

A: nuclear emission : It is a spontaneous process where a radioactive nucleus continuously emits…

Q: What is the daughter nuclide when O-15 experiences positron emission? (Write your answer as a…

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Q: The nuclide Tl is the daughter nuclide resulting from the α decay of what parent nuclide?

A: The spontaneous process of the breakdown of an unstable heavy atom by emitting radiation is called…

Q: Why is it important that radioisotopes used as diagnostic tools in nuclear medicine produce gamma…

A: The half life of gamma radiations is much lesser than that of gamma radiations. It is due to the…

Q: Which type of nuclear decay is the only one that yields a product (or "daughter" nuclide) with a…

A: Radioactive decay is the mechanism by which the radioactive atomic nucleus releases energy by…

Q: What is the daughter nuclide when Co-55 experiences positron emission? (Write your answer as a…

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Q: radioisotope

A: Gamma rays:  Radioactive elements have nuclei that are unstable.The nuclei undergo radioactive decay…

Q: How much energy per nucdeons must be supplied to break a single O-16 nucleus.

A: Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: The accompanying diagram represents a nuclear reaction in which a neutron bombabrds a heavy nucleus.…

A: To find: Type of reaction illustrated by the diagram

Q: The nuclide Rn-204 is the daughter nuclide resulting from the a decay of what parent nuclide? A)…

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Q: Write 2-3 sentences describing what happens to a uranium nucleus during nuclear fission

A: Write 2-3 sentences describing what happens to a uranium nucleus during nuclear fission.

Q: What is the daughter nuclide when Bi-214 experiences beta decay? (Write your answer as a symbol-mass…

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Q: Who discovered radioactivity?

A: Who discovered radioactivity?

Q: 11. If it takes 20-hours for a radionuclide to-decay from 48,000 counts per minute to- 3,000-counts…

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Q: 3-Explain why the radionuclides of the neptunium decay series are not found in nature

A: Neptunium is a  radioactive natural elements which is often produced artificially.  So the…

Q: Vhat is the half-life of a radioisotop

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Q: How was radioactivity discovered?

A: Radioactivity was discovered accidentally in 1896 by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel.…

Q: Predict a likely mode of decay for unstable nuclide. Ba-123

A: The mode of decay that is likely to be undergone by the nuclide depends on the neutrons to proton…

Q: 2. On the axis provided fill out the region occupied by all known nuclides and use it to explain why…

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Q: True or false? During one half-life, the mass of a radioisotope is reduced by half. Explain.

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Q: Due: Toda All changes saved 6. If a nucleus needs to decrease its neutrons and add a proton to…

A: We will choose Correct option

Q: Complete each nuclear fission equation. 235 92 U+ on→ 139 57 La + 2 on 235 140 b. 92 U+ on- 58 Ce-2…

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Q: An oxygen atom has been bombarded by an alpha particle and has lost an electron. This oxygen ion…

A: an oxygen atom has been bombarded by an alpha particle and has lost electron. During this process…

Q: What is the daughter nucleus (nuclide) produced when "Po undergoes alpha decay? Replace the question…

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Q: If 1.0000 mg of nuclide undergoes alpha decay consistent with curve (b), how many milligrams remain…

A: Given data,Initial nuclide=1.00mg

Q: What nuclide is produced when 3 H       undergoes fusion with 4 He       , assuming…

A: Nuclear reaction can be written in the form of nuclear equation. Nuclear equation considers the…

Q: Differentiate a transmutation from a decay.

A: given Differentiate a transmutation from a decay.