Exam 29: Nuclear Physics

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If each nuclear fission reaction in a nuclear power plant releases 173 MeV (1 MeV = 1.6 ×\times 10-13J),what quantity of Uranium-235 must be consumed each day to keep a 350MW plant producing at capacity? Assume the power plant is 35% efficient.

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For a sample of a given radioactive isotope,the ratio of the number of atoms of the isotope that exist at a time t to the number that exist at time t + t1/2 is

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If a nucleus has a volume of 1.0 ×\times 10-42 m3,what is its mass number?

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If the half-value layer for a particular energy gamma ray is 0.40 cm of lead.What fraction of a beam of these photons will penetrate 1.00 cm of lead?

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Which of the following is not a number that corresponds to the filling of a nuclear shell?

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Isotopes of an element have the same number of ________ but different numbers of _______.

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The burning of one gallon of gasoline releases about 2 ×\times 108 J. If each nuclear fission reaction in a nuclear power plant releases 173 MeV (1 MeV = 1.6 ×\times 10-13J), what quantity of Uranium-235 is used to produce the same amount of energy relased in burning a gallon of gasoline?

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A neutron star has approximately the density of nuclear material.If a typical neutron star has a radius of 8.0 km,what is its mass.You may wish to use the relationship r = (1.2 fm)A1/3 together with the mass of a proton,1.67 ×\times 10-27 kg,to estimate.

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A nuclear chain reaction is possible because,for the isotopes that can participate in a chain reaction,each nucleus when fissioned

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What is the binding energy per nucleon for 12C?

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The half-life of 30P is 2.50 minutes.If a sample of 30P has 1.60 ×\times 1010 nuclei present initially,after 10.0 minutes how many remain?

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28Al decays by beta-minus decay.What is the daughter nucleus?

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Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years.You discover a single carbon-14 nucleus in your laboratory.What is the probability that it will decay in the next 24 hours?

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The neutrino was proposed by Pauli to overcome the apparent violation of which of the following conservation laws in beta decay?

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Which of the following nuclei is not "doubly magic"?

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The half-life of 30P is 2.50 minutes.If a sample of 30P has 1.60 ×\times 1010 nuclei present,what is its activity?

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What is the element X for the nuclide 6430X?

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Binding energy per nucleon in a nucleus is

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