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How long will it take 600 grams of Plutonium to decay on 18.75 grams?
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Each isotope has another half life.
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How long does it take for 1kg of plutonium to decay to 1g?
The half life is different for each isotope of plutonium; name the isotope for a calculation.
What is the product of alpha decay for americium -241?
The intermediate product is neptunium 237 ( a very long-lived radioisotope).
What is the meaning of attak and decay in the elements of music?
the attack and decay are two parts of a note's envelope which have an attack phase, a sustain phase, a decay then finally a release phase. the attack is how quickly the note reaches its loudest point,. take a guitar for example, when the string is plucked it is immediately at its loudest, that is the attack, the sustain is how long the note stays at its loudest point, with a guitar this depends on the strength of the pluck, a strong pluck will give a long sustain where a soft pluck will have a small sustain decay is how long the note takes to drop to go from its highest point to its release point, which is considered its quietest phase, the trail of the note when in the decay phase goes from loud to almost silent, if you look at a guitar string audio wave the decay phase is where the tail begins to get smaller. release is where the sound finally dissipates with a guitar release is immediate after decay, however with electronic synthesis, you have the option to allow a longer release allowing the note to persist for greater time.
Does all nuclear wastes completely disappear after 50 years?
Not by a long shot. The most radioactive isotopes will decay very rapidly and be safe in much less than 50 years (e.g. iodine-131 with a halflife of about 8 days will be gone in less than 2 months), but less radioactive isotopes will decay so slowly they can be around for hundreds of thousand of years (e.g. plutonium-239 with a halflife of 24400 years will be gone in under 200000 years) to longer than the age of the universe (e.g. uranium-238). Slightly oversimplified, the most dangerous isotopes in nuclear waste tend on average to disappear first with less dangerous isotopes persisting for longer periods.
What is the nuclear decay equation for cesium-137?
The equation for the beta decay of 60Co is: 2760Co --> 2860Ni + -10e where the -10e is a negative beta particle or electron.
How long will it take 27 grams of plutonium-240 to decay to 9 grams?
9987.3844 or 9,990
Plutonium-240 decays according to the function Q(t)=Q 0 e^ -kt where Q represents the quantity remaining after t years and k is the decay constant 0.00011 ... To the nearest 10 years , how long will it take 36 grams of plutonium-240 to decay to 12 grams?
9,990 years
How long does it take for 1kg of plutonium to decay to 1g?
The half life is different for each isotope of plutonium; name the isotope for a calculation.
After 7 minutes a 53 g sample of plutonium decays to 36 g how long will it take for the sample to decay to 13 of its original amount?
It will take 25.0898 minutes, approx.
How long does it take a 5-gram sample of uranium- 235 to decay to a mass of 2.5 grams?
One Half-Life :-)
Is plutonium a nonrenewable resource?
On long term, the useful isotopes of plutonium are not renewable.
Why is Plutonium used to make long lasting batteries?
Plutonium is not used in batteries.
How long a go was 1875?
2014 - 1875 = 139 years
Is plutonium used in medicine?
Plutonium-238 power cells were used to power cardiac pacemakers some time ago (it prevented an operation to replace the battery -- back then, batteries weren't as efficient), but nowadays, long-life lithium batteries are being used. Plutonium is toxic to the body, radioactive effects aside, so it's not used in medicine that I know of. Its half-life is somewhere in the neighborhood of 87 years, and generally you don't want something that takes that long to decay in the body.
How long does the radiation from plutonium 131 last?
Not plutonium, but iodine-131 !!The half life of 131I is 8,0197 days.
How long would it take for plutonium to decay to one eighth of its original activity?
For plutonium (or any other radionuclide) to decay to one eighth of its original activity, it will take 3 half-lives of the material. In one half-life, half is gone. Half will be left. In another half-life, half of the half that was left is gone, and one quarter will be left. In a third half-life, half the one quarter will be left, and that's one eighth of the original. In the case of plutonium, there are a number of isotopes of this highly radioactive stuff. The isotope 239Pu, which is commonly used in nuclear weapons, has a half-life of 2.41 x 104 years. That's 24,100 years. For 239Pu to decay to 1/8 th of its original amount, it will take 3 time the half-life, which is 7.23 x 104 years, or 72,300 years. And yes, that is a long time. A very long time....
Is Pitchblende an ore of plutonium?
No. Pitchblende is an ore of Uranium. It's been a long time since plutonium occured in nature.
