PHY 122 homework, continued. (Reading refers to Principles of Physics by Kinetic Books.)
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Sec. 5 - Magnetic Forces and Fields.
Read: Ch. 30, sec. 0 – 2, 7, 9 – 12, 22, 28.
Ch. 31, sec. 0 – 5.
A. 1. (2 pts) An electron is moving in the +x direction in a magnetic field which also points in the +x
direction. Does it feel a force? If so, in what direction?
2. (8) The horizontal conductor shown has a weight per unit length of
.392 N/m, and is in a 3.60 T magnetic field which points into the page.
What current must exist in the conductor for the tension in the
supporting wires to be zero? What is the direction of the current?
ans: .109 amp toward the right.
B. 1. (2 pts) Consider a stationary charged plastic ball.
a. Does it create an electric field? _____ Does it feel a force in an electric field? _____
b. Does it create a magnetic field? _____ Does it feel a force in a magnetic field? _____
2. (8) A long straight wire carries a current of 10 A. An
electron is fired at a speed of 1.0 x 106 m/s parallel to the
wire in the direction of the current, from a point 2.0 cm
from the wire. Find the force on the electron, including
its direction.
ans: 1.6 x 10-17 N in the –y direction.
C. 1. (2 pts) Consider a copper wire which has a current in it.
a. Does it create an electric field? _____ Does it feel a force in an electric field? _____
b. Does it create a magnetic field? _____ Does it feel a force in a magnetic field? _____
2. (2 pts) Consider a beam of electrons in a vacuum tube.
a. Does it create an electric field? _____ Does it feel a force in an electric field? _____
b. Does it create a magnetic field? _____ Does it feel a force in a magnetic field? _____
3. (6) The magnetic field over a certain region is B = 4.00 T in the positive x direction. An electron
moves in this field with a velocity 7.00 m/s in the negative z direction. Find the force on the electron,
including its direction.
ans: 4.48 x 10-18 N, in the +y direction
D. 1. (2 pts) What is the direction of the force on the electron shown?
2. (8) Two parallel wires lie 7.50 cm apart on a tabletop. They both carry 17.0 A in the +x direction.
Find:
- 2a. The magnitude of the magnetic field, B, at the position of one wire due to the other.
b. The magnitude of the force per meter on one wire due to the other.
c. The direction of the force on the wire at the bottom of the picture.
ans: 45.3 T, 771 N, +y
E. 1. (2 pts) Explain why dropping a magnet on the floor can reduce its magnetization.
2. (8) Ionized atoms move in the +x direction through a region
where both an electric field (not shown) and a magnetic field (in
the –z direction) exist. The forces from these two fields have
opposite directions. For ions with a certain speed, the two
forces are the same size, so they cancel and allow the ions to go
straight. (Ions with other speeds are pushed to the side and miss
entering the final beam. This is how a beam of ions with a
single speed is created in devices such as a mass spectrometer.) The selected ions have a charge of +5e,
and are moving perpendicular to a .550 T magnetic field at 8.75 km/s.
a. What is the magnitude of the magnetic force?
b. What is the direction of the magnetic force?
c. What is the magnitude of the electric field vector, ⃑ ?
d. What is the direction of the electric field vector, ⃑ ?
ans: 3.85 fN, +y, 4.81 kV/m, -y
Sec. 6 - Induction.
Read: Ch. 31: start of sec. 9 & sec. 10.
Ch. 32: sec. 0, 3, 6 – 8, skim sec 14, read sec 20 – 26, 31 & 32.
A. 1. (2 pts) A step-up transformer is designed to have an output voltage of 2200 V when the primary is
connected across a 110 V source. If there are 80 turns on the primary winding, how many turns are
required on the secondary?
ans: 1600
2. (8) A single, plane wire loop of cross sectional area 8.00 cm2 lies in a plane which is perpendicular to a
magnetic field that increases uniformly from .500 T to 2.50 T in 1.00 s. What is the induced current if the
loop's resistance is 2.00 Ω?
ans: .800 mA
B. 1. (4 pts) A coil has an inductance of 3.00 mH, and the current through it changes from .200 A to 1.50
A in .200 s. Find the magnitude of the average induced emf in the coil during this time.
ans: 19.5 mV
2. (6) The solenoid has a radius of 1.20 cm. When the current is turned
on, B in it changes from 0 to .45 T in .0750 s. Find the average emf
induced in the ring during this time.
ans: 2.71 mV
- 3C. A stripe of gold paint is painted around the equator of a balloon. Its resistance is 2.0 x 10-3 ohm. The
balloon's axis is parallel to the earth's magnetic field, which has a magnitude of 1.1 x 10-4 Tesla here. The
balloon is deflated so that its radius decreases from r = 5.00 cm to r = 3.00 cm in .200 s. Find the average
current in the stripe during this time.
ans: 1.38 mA
D. 1. (3 pts) When the current in a certain coil is increasing at the rate of 1.20 A/s, it induces an emf of
96.0 mV in itself. What is the self-inductance of the coil?
ans: 80.0 mH
2. (7) A solenoid 2.50 cm in diameter and 30.0 cm long has 300 turns and carries
12.0 A. Calculate the magnetic flux through the surface of a disk of radius 5.00 cm
that is positioned perpendicular and centered on the axis of the solenoid, as shown.
ans: 7.40x10-6 Wb
E. 1. (2 pts) Will a transformer operate if a continuously connected battery is used for the input voltage
across the primary? Explain.
2. (8) A loop of wire carries 7.00 A, has a 22.0 cm radius, and lies in the xy plane.
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An electron at its center is moving at 3.50 x 10 m/s in the +y direction. Find the
magnitude and direction of the force on this electron.
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ans: 1.12 x 10 N, -x direction
Sec. 7 - Self Induction. RL, RC, & LC Circuits.
Read: Ch. 29 sec. 31 & 32
Ch. 33 sec. 1 - 4
(The book does not cover LR circuits. Get that from the notes.)
A. 1. (2 pts.) a. A capacitor is discharged through a resistor. If you graph current as a function of time, is
there any time where this function actually reaches a current of zero?
b. A capacitor is discharged through an inductor. If you graph current as a function of time, is there any
time where this function actually reaches a current of zero?
2. (8) When the switch is closed at t = 0, the charge on the capacitor is 17.0 μC. The
charge decreases from there until at t = 100 μs it is 6.16 μC. Find (a) the angular
frequency in radians per second, and (b) the inductance of the coil.
ans: 12 000 rad/s, .278 mH
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B. In the circuit shown, E = 20.0 V, C = 6.00 F, and R = 2.00 x 10  The
capacitor starts out uncharged. 7.00 s after the switch is closed, what are (a) the
charge on the capacitor, (b) the voltage across the capacitor, (c) the voltage across
the resistor, and (d) the current in the circuit?
ans: 53.0 C, 8.83 V, 11.2 V, 5.60 μA
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C. 1. (2 pts) As the voltage increases across a capacitor being charged in an RC circuit, does the current
flowing into it increase, decrease, or stay the same?
2. (8) A 2.50 F capacitor initially holds 40.0 C of charge. At t = 0, it is connected to a 3.00 k resistor,
and starts discharging through it. At t = 10 ms, what is
a. the charge on the capacitor?
b. the voltage across the capacitor?
c. the current in the circuit?
ans: 10.5 C, 4.22 V, 1.41 mA
D. 1. (1 pt) When the circuit in problem 2, below, reaches its final, steady state, what is the inductance of
the coil?
2. (9) If E = 6.00 V, L = 8.00 mH, and R = 4.00 Ω,
a. What is the time constant of this circuit?
b. Calculate the current 250 μs after the switch is closed.
c. What is the value of the final, steady-state current?
ans: 2.00 ms, .176 A, 1.50 A
E. 1. (3) a. A capacitor, initially with 15 V across it, is discharged through a resistor. What is the voltage
across the capacitor after one time constant?
b. An uncharged capacitor is connected, through a resistor, to a 15 V battery. What is the voltage across
the capacitor after one time constant?
ans: 5.52 V, 9.48 V
2. (7) A 2.50 F capacitor initially holds 40.0 C of charge. At t = 0, it is connected to a 3.00 mH coil,
and starts discharging through it. At t = 1.30 ms, what is
a. the charge on the capacitor?
b. the voltage across the capacitor?
ans: -30.7 C, -12.3 V
Sec. 8 - A.C. Circuits
Read: Ch. 33 sec. 5 – 23, 26 - 28
A. Consider a series RLC circuit for which R = 200 Ω, L = 600 mH, and C = 26.5 μF. The applied
voltage has an amplitude of 50.0 V, and a frequency of 60.0 Hz. Find
(a) the amplitude of the current,
(b) the phase angle between the current and the applied voltage,
(c) the amplitude of voltage across the inductor,
(d) the phase angle between the current and the voltage across the inductor.
- 5ans: 211 mA, v leads by 32.2, 47.7 V, v leads by 90.0
B. 1. (4.5 points) An RLC circuit is used in a radio to tune in a station broadcasting at 99.7 MHz. The
resistance in the circuit is 12.0 Ω, and the inductance is 1.40 μH. What capacitance should be used?
ans: 1.82 pF
2. (5.5 points) The rms output voltage of an AC generator is 200 V, and the operating frequency 100 Hz.
Assuming a phase angle of zero, write the equation giving the output voltage as a function of time.
ans: v = (283 V)cos(628t)
C. A generator drives a circuit as shown. Calculate the
a. inductive reactance,
b. capacitive reactance,
c. impedance, and
d. phase angle between the current and
generator voltage.
ans: 78.5 Ω, 1.59 kΩ, 1.52 kΩ, -84.3
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D. 1. (2 pts) What is the impedance of an RLC circuit at the resonance frequency?
2. (8) An RMS current of 4.5 A flows through a 3.0 mH coil when it is connected to a 50 V (RMS), 400
Hz AC source. What is the coil's internal resistance?
ans: 8.16 Ω
E. 1. (2 pts) The graph shows how the voltage across an inductor varies with time.
Starting at the same time this voltage graph does, sketch a graph of the inductor’s
current as a function of time.
2. (2) The frequency in an RLC series circuit is varied from zero to
something quite high. Fill in a sketch on this graph showing how the
current varies as a function of frequency.
3. (6) A light bulb is connected in series with an inductor across a household outlet (120 V RMS, 60 Hz).
If the bulb’s resistance is 107 Ω, and the RMS current is .748 A, find (a) the voltage across the bulb, (b)
the voltage across the inductor.
ans: 80.0 V, 89.4 V
Sec. 9 - Vibration & Waves.
Read: Ch. 5 sec. 28 & 29.
Ch. 15 sec. 0 – 6.
Ch. 16 sec. 0 – 9, 16 & 17.
- 6A. 1. (2 points) What exactly happens to the frequency of a harmonic oscillator if you
a. double its mass?
b. double its amplitude?
2. (8) Two side views of someone surfing are shown. For
this wave, what are the following? (a) period, (b)
frequency, (c) angular frequency, (d) wavelength, (e)
speed
ans: 12 s, .0833 Hz, .524 rad/s, 30 m, 2.5 m/s
B. 1. (2 points) A wave's frequency is 5 Hz. What is its period?
2. (8) Suppose that the speed of the wave in the figure is 5.00 m/s.
a. What is its frequency?
b. Its amplitude?
c. If the frequency is now doubled, what will be
the wavelength of the new wave?
ans: 125 Hz, .10 mm, 2.0 cm
C. 1. (2 points) How do transverse waves differ from longitudinal waves?
2. (8) When this rope is shaken with a period of .111 s the resulting wave has
a wavelength of 2.66 m. The rope is 2.00 m long and has a mass of .500 kg.
What is the value of the suspended weight, which is providing the tension in
the rope?
ans: 144 N
D.1. (1 pt) If a mass-spring system hanging vertically is oscillating, why does the motion eventually
stop?
2. (3) Light from a helium-neon laser has a wavelength of 632.8 nm. What is its frequency?
ans: 4.74 x 1014 Hz
3. (6) A simple harmonic oscillator has a spring constant of 100 N/m. Determine the change in its period
if its mass is changed from 6.00 kg to 6.50 kg.
ans: increases by .0628 s
E. 1. (1 pt) If a fire siren went off one mile from your house, does the sound reach you a little sooner in the
summer, a little sooner in the winter, or is there no difference?
2. (1 pt) A heavy rope and a light rope, both under the same tension, are strung between two masts on a
- 7ship. Sailors on one mast start shaking both ropes at the same time. Do the waves reach the other mast
sooner on the heavy rope, sooner on the light rope, or is there no difference?
3. (8) A spring is hung from the ceiling, and a 200 g object is attached to its lower end. The 1.96 N weight
of this object stretches the spring 22.0 cm. If this system is set vibrating, what is its frequency?
ans: 1.06 Hz
Sec. 10 - Sound. Standing waves.
Read: Ch 17 sec. 8 – 11.
Ch. 18 sec 0 – 4, 6 – 12.
A. 1. (2 points) A piano plays a note, then a horn plays the same note at the same loudness. What is the
difference between these sound waves? (That is, what is the physical difference between sounds of
different quality?)
2. (8) (a) Calculate the length of a pipe that has a fundamental frequency of 240 Hz if the pipe is closed at
one end and open at the other. (b) What is its next resonant frequency above the fundamental?
ans: .357 m, 720 Hz
B. 1. (4 points) A standing wave is established in a 120 cm long string fixed at both ends. The string
vibrates in four segments when driven at 120 Hz. (a) Determine the wavelength. (b) What is the
fundamental frequency of the string?
ans: 60.0 cm, 30.0 Hz
2. (6) Solar radiation has an intensity of 1340 W/m2 at Earth’s location, 1.50 x 1011 m from the sun. Find
the intensity of solar radiation at the planet Mercury, 5.80 x 1010 m from the sun.
ans: 8960 W/m2
C. 1. (3 pts) The fundamental frequency of a certain string is 1300 Hz. What is the highest resonance
frequency of the string that can be heard by a person able to hear frequencies up to 20 000 Hz?
ans: 19 500 Hz
2. (7) A loudspeaker sends out 8.00 watts of power in the form of sound waves. The speaker is on top of a
tall telephone pole, so the waves spread out uniformly in all directions. Find
a. the sound intensity 5.00 m from the speaker.
b. the sound level there, in decibels.
ans: .0255 W/m2, 104 dB
D. 1. (1 pt) Water drips into a bathtub from both the faucet and the showerhead. At one particular
moment, drips from only the faucet would make the wave shown on the left. Just drips from the shower
would make the wave on the right. With both waves present at the same time, what is the displacement of
the water’s surface at the point indicated? Each vertical division is 1 mm.
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2. (1 pt) Each of two loudspeakers produces 50 dB when sounded alone. If both are sounded at the same
time, is a 100 dB sound the result?
3. (1) If you double your distance from a light source, what happens to the intensity? (Include how much
it changes, not just a vague “increases” or “decreases.”)
4. (7) A string in a piano is 0.400 m long, has a mass of 3.00 g, and is under 800 N of tension. What is its
fundamental frequency?
ans: 408 Hz
E. 1. (1 point) The picture shows a string with a standing wave on it, in
several of the positions the string goes through. When in the center
position (flat), is the velocity of point b in the same direction as a’s, in
the opposite direction, or zero?
2. (9) In the afternoon, as 200 cars per minute pass on the highway outside the window, the sound level in
a rented room is 80.0 dB. What is the average sound level in the room late at night, when only ten cars
per minute are going by? Assume that the cars are the only significant source of sound.
ans: 67.0 dB
F. From now on, each assignment will include review questions. You are just as likely to be given the
review quiz as any of the others.
The ammeter indicates .100 A flows through it in the direction shown. Find the
unknown emf.
ans: 8.00 V
Sec. 11 – Electromagnetic Waves. Reflection and Refraction.
Read: Ch. 34 sec. 0 – 2.
Ch. 35 sec. 0 – 5, 8 – 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20.
Ch. 36 sec. 0 – 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 & 16.
Ch. 37 sec. 0 – 2, 5 – 7, 9 – 11 & 26.
A. 1. (2 pts) Explain the difference between a real and a virtual image. (That is, what makes a real image
real and what makes a virtual image virtual.)
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2. (8) In a certain video projector, the LCD which acts as the object is 12.0 cm from the lens. The image
on the screen is 4.00 m away. (There are actually three LCD panels, one each for red, green and blue, but
let’s not complicate things.)
a. What is the focal length of the lens?
b. If the LCD is 2.50 cm by 3.50 cm, what will the dimensions of the image on the screen be?
ans: 11.7 cm, 83.3 cm by 117 cm
B. 1. (1 pt) Do radio waves travel at the speed of sound, or at the speed of light?
2. (1) Which color has the longest visible wavelength?
3. (8) A 2.0 cm high object is placed 20.0 cm in front of a concave mirror whose radius of curvature is
60.0 cm. Calculate the position, size and character of the image.
ans: -60 cm, 6.0 cm, virtual & upright.
C. A 2.0 cm high object is placed 20.0 cm in front of a concave mirror whose radius of curvature is 60.0
cm. Use a ray diagram (not equations) to find the position, size and character of the image.
ans: -60 cm, 6.0 cm, virtual & upright.
D. 1. (2.5 points) State the law of reflection and illustrate its meaning with a diagram.
2. (3.5) The index of refraction of a certain material is 1.58. What is the speed of light in this material?
ans: 1.90 x 108 m/s
3. (4) A beam of light travels from benzene into water. If the angle of incidence in the benzene is 48,
what will be the angle of refraction in the water?
ans: 57
E. 1. (2 pts) An electromagnetic wave can travel through empty space, far from
any charges or currents. Where do the fields which vibrate as the wave goes by
come from?
2. (8) A light ray is incident at an angle θ on the top surface of a block of
polystyrene as shown. Find the maximum angle θ for which the refracted ray
undergoes total internal reflection at the left vertical face of the block if it is
immersed in water.
ans: 30.3
F. (Review) A loop of wire in a uniform magnetic field rotates
30° as shown. The area of the loop is .180 m2 and B = .0750 T.
Find:
a. the change in flux through the loop.
- 10b. the average emf induced if the change takes 4.17 ms.
ans: -.00181 Wb, .434 V
Sec. 12 – Interference.
Read: Ch. 18 sec. 14 & 15.
Ch. 38 sec. 0 – 5, 7 – 14.
Ch. 39 sec. 0, 1, 4 – 13, 15, 17 & 18.
A. 1. (5.5 pts) What is the minimum distance between two points which can be resolved 29 km away
using a telescope with a 4.00 cm diameter objective lens? (Assume λ = 580 nm.)
ans: 51.3 cm
2. (4.5) A material having an index of refraction of 1.30 is used to coat a piece of glass (n = 1.50). What
should be the minimum thickness of this film if it is to minimize reflection of 500 nm light:
ans: 96.2 nm
B. Light of wavelength 500 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating. If the third order maximum
of the diffraction pattern is observed at 32.0, (a) what is the number of rulings per centimeter for the
grating? (b) Determine the highest order maxima that can be observed in this situation.
ans: 3.53 x 103, 5
C. 1. (2 pts) An oil film on water appears brightest at the outer regions where it is thinnest. From this
information, what can you say about the index of refraction of oil relative to that of water?
2. (8) A pair of narrow parallel sits separated by .250 mm are illuminated by green light (λ = 546.1 nm).
The interference pattern is observed on a screen 1.20 m away from the plane of the slits. Calculate the
distance from the central maximum to the first bright region on either side.
ans: 2.62 mm
D. 1. (2 pts) As it evaporates, the thinnest spot on a soap bubble appears black just
before it breaks. Explain why a path difference of nearly zero gives destructive
instead of constructive interference in this case.
2. (8) The second-order bright fringe in a single slit-diffraction pattern is 1.40 mm from the center of the
central maximum. The screen is 80.0 cm from a slit of width .800 mm. Calculate the wavelength.
ans: 560 nm
E. Two speakers are driven by the same oscillator with a frequency
of 200 Hz. They are located 4.00 m apart on a vertical pole. A man
whose ears are level with the lower speaker walks straight toward it,
as shown.
(a) How many times will he hear a minimum in sound intensity?
(b) How far from the pole is he at these moments?
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ans: two, 8.90 m & 1.82 m
F. (Review) An electron is near two ionized atoms as shown. Atom A has
lost two electrons, atom B lost three. If the force on the electron from atom
A is twice the force from B, how far is A from the electron?
ans: 1.91 x 10-9 m
Sec. 13 – Atoms. Solids.
Read: Ch. 41 sec. 0 – 2, 4 & 5, 9, 11 – 17, 20 – 27
Ch. 42 sec. 4 – 7 & 12.
A. 1. (2 pts) Is the center layer of a pnp transistor doped with donors or acceptors? What about the outer
layers?
2. (2 pts) If matter has a wave nature, why is this not observable in our daily experiences?
3. (6) An FM radio transmitter has a power output of 150 kW and operates at a frequency of 99.7 MHz.
How many photons per second does the transmitter emit?
ans: 2.27 x 1030
B. A beam of electrons is incident on a slit 3.50 nm wide, forming a diffraction pattern on a screen 20.0
cm beyond. If the first side maximum is 3.1 cm from the pattern’s center, what is the speed of the
electrons?
ans: 2.04 x 106 m/s
C. 1. (2 pts) Can the electron in the ground state of hydrogen absorb a photon of energy (a) 10.0 eV? (b)
14.0 eV?
2. (8) In hydrogen, when electrons dropping into the ground state give off a 94.96 nm spectral line, what
value of n do they fall from?
ans: 5
D. 1. (3 pts) Light Emitting Diode (LED): Electrons at the bottom of the conduction band encounter holes
at the top of the valence band at a p-n junction. When they combine, they release an amount of energy
equal to the gap between the two bands. If the diode releases this energy as light, rather than heat, it is an
LED. In an LED emitting green light with a wavelength of 520 nm, what is the gap between the bands?
ans: 3.82 x 10-19 J (or 2.38 eV)
2. (2 pts) A common type of transistor is a pnp or npn sandwich, whose center layer is very thin. Explain
how this acts as a "valve" for electric current.
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3. (5) In the Bohr model of hydrogen, what is the wavelength of the electron in
a. The ground state, n = 1? (The atom’s radius is .529 Ǻ.)
b. The first excited state, n = 2? (The atom’s radius is 2.12 Ǻ.)
ans: 3.32 Ǻ, 6.66 Ǻ
E. 1. (3 pts) Explain what goes on in a p-n junction that allows current to flow through it in one direction,
but practically stops it from flowing the other way.
2. (7) The hydrogen lines in the visible part of the spectrum are those for which the electron falls into the n
= 2 level. If light from a hydrogen lamp falls on a CdS crystal (energy gap = 2.42 eV), which of these
visible lines are absorbed, and which are transmitted? (Just as in a single atom, an electron in a solid can
only jump from one allowed energy to another.)
ans: The n = 3 to n = 2 line is transmitted, all others absorbed.
F. (Review) 1. (2 pts) a. In a series RLC circuit, what is the possible range of values for the phase angle?
b. What is the phase angle when the inductive reactance equals the capacitive reactance?
2. (8) The region shown is inside a solenoid 40.0 cm long with 2000
turns. Both the solenoid and the wire inside it carry 12.0 A. Find the
magnitude of the force on the 3.00 cm straight wire.
ans: .0136 N
Sec. 14 – Nuclei.
Ch. 43 sec. 1, 3 – 5, 9 – 21, 23 & 24.
235
207
A. 1. (2 pts) The decay of U to Pb (by a series of steps) is used by geologists to date rocks. Rock A
235
207
235
207
contains 5 mg of U and 5 mg of Pb. Rock B contains 10 mg of U and 20 mg of Pb. Rock C
235
207
contains 30 mg of U and 10 mg of Pb. Which is oldest?
2. (8) Using the fact that the atomic mass of
ans: 8.79 MeV/nucleon
56
26Fe is
55.934 940, find its binding energy per nucleon.
B. 1. (2 points) Explain the difference between radiation sickness and cancer.
2. (8) A freshly prepared sample of a certain radioactive isotope has an activity of 10.0 mCi. After 4.00 h,
its activity is 8.00 mCi.
a. Find the half life.
b. What will the activity be 8.00 h after it was fresh?
ans: 12.4 h, 6.39 mCi
- 13C. 1. (3 pts) What is an alpha particle? What is a
beta particle? What is a gamma ray?
2. (1) By what process does the Sun generate its
energy?
3. (6) Determine which decays can occur
spontaneously. Show why each answer is correct.
(a) 4020Ca  e+ + 4019K
(b) 9944Ru  42He + 9542Mo
(c) 14460Nd  42He + 14058Ce
ans: Only (c) can occur.
D. 1. (2 points) The mass of any nucleus is
slightly less than what you get by adding the
individual masses of the protons and neutrons
that make it up. Explain why.
2. (2) What is one difference between a neutron
and a neutrino?
3. (6) Using this graph, estimate the energy
released when a nucleus of mass number 200 is
split into two nuclei each of mass number 100.
ans: about 180 MeV, depending on how
you estimate tenths of an MeV on the
graph.
E. 1. (2 pts) A sample of an isotope with a half-life of 5 years presently has an activity of .80 mCi. Ten
years from now, its activity will be _______mCi. Twenty-five years from now, it will be _______mCi.
2. (2) What is given off by the fission of uranium that can go on to cause another fission event?
3. (6) Fill in the blanks for the unknown nuclide X, and answer the question.
(a)
Is X also a Ni nucleus?
(b)
Is X also a Po nucleus?
(c)
̅ Is X also a Pb nucleus?
ans:
yes,
no,
no.
F. (Review) 100 m from the speakers, the sound level at an outdoor concert is 90.0 dB. Assuming open
space in between, what is the sound level outside a home 5000 m away? (A little over three miles.)
ans: 56.0 dB