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Amiraneli [1.4K]
3 years ago
13

(a) Calculate the energy released by the alpha decay of 222 86Rn.

Chemistry
1 answer:
Alinara [238K]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

a). The energy released by the alpha decay of 222 Rn is to 218 Po :

= 5.596 MeV

b).The energy of the alpha particle is 5.5 MeV

c) The recoil energy of Po = 0.096 MeV

Explanation:

The equation for the alpha decay of Rn to Polonium is:

_{86}^{222}\textrm{Rn}\rightarrow _{2}^{4}\textrm{He}+_{84}^{218}\textrm{Po}

The energy of the decay process can be calculated using:

\Delta E=\Delta mc^{2}

\Delta m = Change in the mass

Mass of Po = 218.008965 u

Mass of He = 4.002603 u

Mass of Rn = 222.017576 u

\Delta m = mass of Po + mass of He - mass of Rn

=  4.002603 + 218.008965-222.017576  

= - 0.006008

\Delta E=m(931.5MeV)

\Delta E=-0.006008\times 931.5MeV

= -5.596 MeV

<u><em>The negative sign means energy is released during the process.</em></u>

b) The energy of the alpha particle is :

\frac{Po\ mass }{Rn\ mass}\times E

\frac{218.0089}{222.0175}\times \Delta E

\frac{218.0089}{222.0175}\times 5.596

= 5.494 MeV

= 5.5 MeV

c).

Recoil energy: When the parent nucleus is at rest before the decay then , there must be the some recoil of daughter nucleus to conserve the momentum.This is termed as recoil energy.

<u><em>The energy of the recoil polonium atom :</em></u>

The formula for recoil energy is :

<em>The total energy - the kinetic energy</em>

<em>= 5.596 - 5.5 </em>

<em>= 0.096 MeV</em>

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