Question

Answer the following questions:

Answer 1

The relationship of radiation with distance obeys the inverse square law. Therefore, doubling the distance decrease the radiation by a factor of 4. The new count is 250.
1) Applying the same principle, the count decreases by a factor of 100. The new count is 10
2) An alpha particle is 4He2 and the Hydrogen can be represented as 1H1
14N7 + 4He2 - 1H1
= 17X8
Proton number 8 belongs to Oxygen. Therefore, the resultant nucleus is:
17O8
3) 185Au79 - 4He2
= 181Ir77
4) X - 4He2 = 234Th90
X = 238U92
5) Beta emission results in the same nucleon number but an increase in the proton number; therefore, the result is:
234Pa91