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Atomic Physics

The document contains a series of questions about atomic physics and radioactivity. It includes questions about half-life, radioactive decay, types of radiation emitted by radioactive sources, and experiments involving radioactive materials. The questions cover topics such as calculating the amount of radioactive substance over time based on half-life, identifying the type of radiation that can or cannot pass through different materials, and interpreting data from experiments measuring radioactivity and decay.

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Atomic Physics

The document contains a series of questions about atomic physics and radioactivity. It includes questions about half-life, radioactive decay, types of radiation emitted by radioactive sources, and experiments involving radioactive materials. The questions cover topics such as calculating the amount of radioactive substance over time based on half-life, identifying the type of radiation that can or cannot pass through different materials, and interpreting data from experiments measuring radioactivity and decay.

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PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Atomic physics 17.6.19

Section – A

1.

2. The diagram shows a radioactivity experiment.

When a piece of paper is used as the absorber, the count rate drops to the background count
rate.
What radiation is the source emitting?

3.

1
4. A radioactive source emits radiation that can pass through a sheet of paper but not through
thick aluminium.

5.

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7.

8. The half-life of a radioactive substance is 5 hours. A sample is tested and found to contain
0.48 g of the substance.
How much of the substance was present in the sample 20 hours before the sample was
tested?

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16. A small amount of a radioactive isotope contains 72 billion unstable nuclei. The half-life of the
isotope is 4 hours.
How many unstable nuclei would remain after 12 hours?

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19. During a fire in a laboratory storeroom, some radioactive material was spilled. A firefighter
detected radiation through the lead-lined walls of the storeroom. The radiation was emitted by
the radioactive material.

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25. The diagram shows five atoms in a radioactive substance. The atoms each give out an α-
particle.

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26. The count rates of four radioactive sources were measured at the same time on three
consecutive days.
Which source has a half-life of two days?

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31. The half-life of a radioactive substance is 5 hours. A sample is tested and found to contain
0.48 g of the substance.
How much of the substance was present in the sample 20 hours before the sample was
tested?

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35. A sample of radioactive uranium has mass 1 g. Another sample of the same material has
mass 2 g.
Which property is the same for both samples?

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38. The diagram shows an experiment to monitor the radiation from a radioactive gas. The
counter readings are corrected for background radiation.

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46. A radioactive substance has a half-life of 2 weeks. At the beginning of an investigation the
substance emits 3000 β-particles per minute.
How many β-particles will it emit per minute after 6 weeks?

15
47.

48. A radioactive element has a half-life of 70 s.


The number of emissions per second, N, of a sample of the element is measured at a certain
time.
What was the number of emissions per second 70 s earlier?

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Section – B

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