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Li7 target is bombarded with a proton beam current of magnitude 10-4 A for an hour to produce Be7 of activity 1.8×108 disintegrations per second. If we assume that one radioactive nucleus of beryllium is produced by bombarding 1000 protons, then its half-life is close to
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Options:
  • A 100 days
  • B 110 days
  • C 150 days
  • D 80 days
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The correct answer is: 100 days

At time t, let say there are N atoms of Be7 (radioactive). Then the net rate of formation of Be7 nuclei at this instant is,

                                                       d N d t = 1 0 - 4 1 . 6 × 1 0 - 1 9 × 1 0 0 0 - λ N

or                                                       d N d t = 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 - λ N

or                                                       o N 0 d N 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 - λ N = 0 3 6 0 0 d t

where N0 are the number of nuclei at t = 1 hour or 3600 s.

∴                                                       - 1 λ ln 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 - λ N 0 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 = 3 6 0 0

λN0 = activity of Be7 at t = 1 hour = 1.8 × 108 disintegrations per second

∴                                                       - 1 λ ln 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 - 1 . 8 × 1 0 8 6 . 2 5 × 1 0 1 1 = 3 6 0 0

∴                                                      λ = 8.0 × 10-8 s-1

Therefore, half-life                                    t1/2=0.6938.0×10-8=8.66×106 s

                                                                        = 100.26 days

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