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3 years ago

You place a ton of radioactive material into a lead box and close the box.

Chemistry

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miss Akunina [59]3 years ago

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Answer:

Beta particles and neutrons

Explanation:

Lead is not particular good for shielding beta particles and neutrons. Lead shielding is used for shielding x-rays and gamma-rays due to its high density and atomic mass.

Materials made with lead are used by people dealing with all kinds of radioactive particles to prevent radioactive poisonings.

But lead cannot effectively protect against beta particles and neutrons.

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Sophia was fascinated while studying the role of oceans in the hydrosphere. She decided to illustrate the features of the ocean

ANEK [815]

Answer:

The Major features of the ocean floor are:

Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Continental Rise
Abyssal Plain
Oceanic Trench
Mid-Ocean Ridge

Explanation:

1. Continental Shelf: This refers to the part of the land on every continent that is covered with water that is not too deep. The types of animals that can be found on the continental shelf are:

Crab, Tuna, Lobster, Dungeness cod, etc. Within the Continental shelf, there are permanent rocks that house other organisms such as sponges, anemones, clams, sponges, oysters. The continental shelf also contains the route of migration for bigger animals such as sea turtles dolphins and even whales.

2. Continental Slope: This spans from the shelf break to the continental rise. It can slope up to 4 degrees. Slopes can be created by faulting, slumping of huge boulders of sediments, rifting, etc.

Some of the aquatic animals that can be found in this region include but are not limited to:

Sablefish, Dover sole rockfish, etc.

3. Continental rise

This part of the ocean floor usually has a very steep gradient or angle slope. It slopes very steeply into the abyssal plain of the ocean.

The following can help form continental rise:

Mass wasting;
deposition from contour currents and
the longitudinal settling of biogenic and clastic particles

4. Abyssal Plain.

This is the real bottom of the ocean. There is a very high probability that one would find animals such as nematodes, polychaetes, etc which are all types of worms down there. The Abyssal plain is also home to molluscs, and echinoderms.

5. Oceanic Trench

Sometimes there is a long and narrow indenture or depression along the seafloor. These are called Trenches. Trenches are sometimes formed by the boundaries between one lithospheric plate and another. The deepest trench on earth is found in the Pacific Ocean. It has been nick-named the Challenger Deep and said to be the deepest point known on earth reaching almost 11 kilometers.

6. Mid-Ocean Ridge

This is a mountain range underneath the ocean. It is formed when there is an upward push by convection currents of the mantle beneath the oceanic crust. When this happens and molten magma is ejected or created at the boundary between the plates, the result is a Mid-Oceanic Ridge.

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2 years ago

If the half-life of a radioactive substances is 590 million years and you have 40 atoms of it, how many half-lives will have pas

Nady [450]

Answer:

Explanation:

Applying,

$2^{n'}$ = R/R'............... Equation 1

Where n' = number of halflives that have passed, R = Original atom of the substance, R' = atom of the substance left after decay.

From the question,

Given: R = 40 atoms, R' = 5 atoms

Substitute these values into equation 1

$2^{n'}$ = 40/5

$2^{n'}$ = 8

$2^{n'}$ = 2³

Equation the base,

n' = 3

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3 years ago

Suppose 110.0 mL110.0 mL of hydrogen gas at STP combines with a stoichiometric amount of fluorine gas and the resulting hydrogen

Fittoniya [83]

Suppose 110.0 mL of hydrogen gas at STP combines with a stoichiometric amount of fluorine gas and the resulting hydrogen fluoride dissolves in water to form 150.0 mL of an aqueous solution. 0.032 M is the concentration of the resulting hydrofluoric acid.

<h3>What is Balanced Chemical Equation ?</h3>

The balanced chemical equation is the equation in which the number of atoms on the reactant side is equal to the number of atoms on the product side in an equation.

Now write the balanced chemical equation

H₂ + F₂ → 2HF

<h3>What is Ideal Gas ?</h3>

An ideal gas is a gas that obey gas laws at all temperature and pressure conditions. It have velocity and mass but do not have volume. Ideal gas is also called perfect gas. Ideal gas is a hypothetical gas.

It is expressed as:

PV = nRT

where,

P = Pressure

V = Volume

n = number of moles

R = Ideal gas constant

T = temperature

Here,

P = 1 atm [At STP]

V = 110 ml = 0.11 L

T = 273 K [At STP]

R = 0.0821 [Ideal gas constant]

Now put the values in above expression

PV = nRT

1 atm × 0.11 L = n × 0.0821 L.atm/ K. mol × 273 K

$n = \frac{1\ \text{atm} \times 0.11\ L}{0.0821\ \text{L. atm/ K. mol} \times 273\ K}$

n = 0.0049 mol

<h3>How to find the concentration of resulting solution ? </h3>

To calculate the concentration of resulting solution use the expression

$C = \frac{n}{V}$

$= \frac{0.0049}{0.15}$

= 0.032 M

Thus from the above conclusion we can say that Suppose 110.0 mL of hydrogen gas at STP combines with a stoichiometric amount of fluorine gas and the resulting hydrogen fluoride dissolves in water to form 150.0 mL of an aqueous solution. 0.032 M is the concentration of the resulting hydrofluoric acid.

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2 years ago

If i add 25 mL of water to 125 mL of a 0.15 M NaOH solution, what will the molarity of the diluted solution be ?

marshall27 [118]

1000 mL=1L

25 mL = 0.025 L
125 mL = 0.125 L

M1V1=M2V2
0.15(0.125) = M2(0.025)
0.01875 = M2(0.025)
0.75 = M2

0.75 M

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3 years ago

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Otrada [13]

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