It will take between 450 and 525 years.
To find the age of the sample, we need to determine how many half-lives have passed based on the daughter isotope percentage. Since the daughter isotope is 87.5% present, it means 12.5% has decayed from the parent isotope. Since 1 half-life would result in 50% decay, we can divide 12.5% by 50% to get 0.25 half-lives. Therefore, the sample is approximately 150 million years (half-life) x 0.25 = 37.5 million years old.
Uranium 235 is 0.7 percent of natural uranium and is fissile
Yes U235 is the fissionable isotope of Uranium. Natural Uranium contains only about 0.7 percent U235, which is enough to produce fission only with a good moderator such as graphite or heavy water. In light water reactors the Uranium has to be enriched to about 4 percent U 235.
Nitrogen 14 is by far the most abundant isotope (99.63% abundant).An easy way to figure out which one is the most abundant is to look at the periodic table. The mass on the periodic table is the weighted average of all possible isotopes. The atomic mass of nitrogen is 14.00674. You can gather from this that the most abundant isotope is N-14, since the number is VERY close to 14.It is also possible to guess the most common isotope if you do not have access to a periodic table. Nitrogen has 7 protons and the most stable isotope is Nitrogen 14, which has 7 neutrons in addition to the protons. In virtually all elements, the stable isotopes are those that have the same or very similar number of neutrons as the number of protons in the nucleus. This works for Carbon which has 6 protons and 6 neutrons in the nucleus for Carbon 12, the most common isotope.This is also true for Oxygen 16 (8P and 8N), Silicon 28 (14P and 14N), and just about any element you choose.An isotope of nitrogen containing seven neutrons would be nitrogen - 15.
The atomic mass of hydrogen is 1.00794 Grams per mol. This is the relative atomic mass because it is a weighted average of all hydrogen isotopes. The relative atomic mass of hydrogen is about 1 because the most common isotope contains only one proton and one electron giving it a mass of roughly one gram per mol. This isotope is the most abundant by far comprising 99.985 percent of all hydrogen. Since then other isotopes(hydrogen-2 and hydrogen-3) make up such a small part of the weighted average it offsets the relative atomic mass of 1 by very little.
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is defined as the time taken for the isotope to decay to half of its initial mass. So to decay to 50 percent of its initial mass will take one half-life of the isotope. One half-life of the isotope is 10 hours so the time taken to decay is also 10 hours.
The natural percent abundance of the heavier isotope of gallium, gallium-71, is approximately 39.892%.
Percent abundance is calculated by determining the proportion of a specific isotope of an element relative to the total amount of all isotopes of that element. To find it, divide the number of atoms of the isotope by the total number of atoms of all isotopes, then multiply by 100 to convert it to a percentage. For example, if an element has two isotopes, with 75 atoms of isotope A and 25 atoms of isotope B, the percent abundance of isotope A would be (75 / (75 + 25)) × 100 = 75%.
To calculate the atomic weight of an element with multiple isotopes, you multiply the mass of each isotope by its relative abundance (as a decimal), then sum the products. The result is the atomic weight of the element, which is a weighted average of the masses of its isotopes based on their abundance in nature.
To find the age of the sample, we need to determine how many half-lives have passed based on the daughter isotope percentage. Since the daughter isotope is 87.5% present, it means 12.5% has decayed from the parent isotope. Since 1 half-life would result in 50% decay, we can divide 12.5% by 50% to get 0.25 half-lives. Therefore, the sample is approximately 150 million years (half-life) x 0.25 = 37.5 million years old.
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Each isotope's mass is multiplied by its percent abundance to account for the contribution of each isotope to the overall average atomic mass of an element. This calculation ensures that the final average atomic mass reflects the weighted average of the masses of all isotopes based on their abundance in nature.
Uranium 235 is 0.7 percent of natural uranium and is fissile
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The time it takes for 50 percent of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called the half-life of the radioactive element. It is a characteristic property of each radioactive isotope and can vary greatly among different elements.
Thallium has two stable isotopes: Tl-203 (29.5%) and Tl-205 (70.5%). The percentages represent the relative abundance of each isotope in naturally occurring thallium.
After three half-lives, 12.5% of the radioactive isotope is remaining. This is because each half-life reduces the amount of radioactive material by half.