Radiation damages the cells that make up the human body, it can even cause cancer
An electron is emitted in both positive and negative beta decay, although the positive one is called positron emission.
Answer:
H = start height (v = 0)
h = present height
v = present speed
assuming no friction
total energy = PE + KE
mgH = mgh + .5mv^2
if PE = KE then
mgH = mgh + mgh
h = H/2
potential energy = kinetic energy when object is at half its start height.
Explanation:
Answer:
A. 1.64 J
Explanation:
First of all, we need to find how many moles correspond to 1.4 mg of mercury. We have:

where
n is the number of moles
m = 1.4 mg = 0.0014 g is the mass of mercury
Mm = 200.6 g/mol is the molar mass of mercury
Substituting, we find

Now we have to find the number of atoms contained in this sample of mercury, which is given by:

where
n is the number of moles
is the Avogadro number
Substituting,
atoms
The energy emitted by each atom (the energy of one photon) is

where
h is the Planck constant
c is the speed of light
is the wavelength
Substituting,

And so, the total energy emitted by the sample is
