Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The disintegration rate of a certain rad...

The disintegration rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is `4750` disintegrations per minute. Five minutes later the rate becomes `2700` per minute. Calculate
(a) decay constant and (b) half-life of the sample

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ATOMS, NUCLEI AND MOLECULES

    SL ARORA|Exercise Problems For Self Practice|87 Videos
  • ATOMS, NUCLEI AND MOLECULES

    SL ARORA|Exercise Problems For Self Practice|87 Videos
  • AC CIRCUITS AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

    SL ARORA|Exercise problem|57 Videos
  • CAPACITORS

    SL ARORA|Exercise problem for self practive|65 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The disntergration rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is 4750 dp m . Five minute later, the rate becomes 2700 dp m Calculate half-line of sample.

The disintegrationn rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is 4750 dpm which becomes 2700 dpm 5 min later. Calculate the half life to sample?

A counter rate meter is used ot measure the activity of radioactive sample. At a certain instant the count rate was recorded as 475 counters per minute. Five minutes later, the count rate recorded was 270 counts per minute. Calculate the decay constant and half life period of the sample.

The rate of disintegration of a radioactive sample can be increased by :-

A counter rate metre is used to measure the activity of a radioactive sample. At a certain instant, the count rate was recorded as 400 counters per minute. Five minutes later, the count recorded was 200 counts per min. Calculate the decay and half-period of the sample.

A radioactive sample at any instant has its disintegration ratye 5000 disintegrations per minute After 5 minutes , the rate is 1250 disintegration per Then , the decay constant (per minute)

The rate of disintegration of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is 8100 dpm. Fifty minutes later the rate becomes 2700 dpm. The half of the radioactive sample will be (Take log2=0.3, log3=0.5, log5=0.7 )

For a given sample, the countring rate is 47.5alpha particle per minute. After 5 times, the count is reduced to 27 alpha particles per minute. Find the decay constant and half life of the sample.

SL ARORA-ATOMS, NUCLEI AND MOLECULES-Problem
  1. The wavelength of the first line of Lyman series for hydrogen is ident...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Two hydrogen-like atoms A and B are of different masses and each atom ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The stopping potential for the photo-electrons emitted from a metal su...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Light form a dicharge tube containing hydrogen atoms falls on the surf...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. An electron in the ground state of hydrogen atom is revolving in antic...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A sample contains 10^(-2)kg each of two substances A and B with half l...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. The disintegration rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. At a given instant there are 25% undecayed radioactive nuclei in a sam...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The isotope of U^(238) and U^(235) occur in nature in the ratio 140:1....

    Text Solution

    |

  10. The mean lives of a radioactive substance are 1620 years and 405 years...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Some amount of a radioactive substance (half-life= 10 days) is spread ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A small quantity of solution containing Na^(24) radio nuclide (half-li...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. In the chemical analysis of a rock the mass ratio of two radioactive i...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A sample of uranium is a mixture of three isotopes .(92)U^(234), .(92)...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. 10^(-3) kg of a radioactive isotope (atomic mass 226) emits 3.72xx10^(...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Nuclei of radioactive element A are being produced at a constant rate...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. The element curium .96^248 Cm has a mean life of 10^13s. Its primary d...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A nuclear reactor generates power at 50% efficiency by fission of .(92...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A star initially has 10^(40) deuterons. It produces energy via the pr...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A fusion reaction of the type given below .(1)^(2)D+.(1)^(2)D rarr ....

    Text Solution

    |