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Atomic physics questions

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# Question
1

Show that the ionization potential of hydrogen is 13.6eV.


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2

How can you account for the chemical behaviour of atoms on the basis of the atomic electrons and shells?.


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3

Differentiate natural radioactivity from artificial radioactivity.


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4

Name three applications of radioisotopes in medicine.


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5

State two conditions for stability of nuclides referring to light nuclides and heavy nuclides.


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6

Derive an expression for the half-life using the radioactive decay law.


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7

What is carbon -14? Explain its production and how it is used in the dating process.


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8

What is carbon -14? Explain its production and how it is used in the dating process.


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9

Living wood has an activity of 16.0 counts per minute per gram of carbon . A certain sample of dead wood is found to have an activity of 18.4 counts per minute for 4.0 grams. Calculate the age of the sample of dead wood . Assume the half-life of carbon-14 is 5568 years.


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10

Show that the de Broglie hypothesis of matter wave are in agreement with Bohr`s  theory.


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