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Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition - Ruang Baca FMIPA UB

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136 CHAPTER 4<br />

(a) Plot the data on semilog paper.<br />

(b) Determine the half-life from the graph.<br />

(c) What is the value of the transformation constant (in per day)?<br />

(d) Write the equation for the decay curve.<br />

(e) What is the radionuclide in the sample?<br />

4.5. If we start with 5 mg of 210 Pb, what would be the activity of this sample 10-years<br />

later?<br />

4.6. The decay constant for 235 U is 9.72 × 10 −10 yr −1 . Compute the number of transformations<br />

per second in a 500 mg sample of 235 U.<br />

4.7. Two hundred megabecquerels (5.4 mCi) of 210 Po are necessary for a certain<br />

ionization source. How many grams of 210 Po does this represent?<br />

4.8. How long would it take for 99.9% of 137 Cs <strong>to</strong> decay, if its half-life is 30 years?<br />

4.9. How long will it take for each of the following radioiso<strong>to</strong>pes <strong>to</strong> decrease <strong>to</strong><br />

0.0001% of its initial activity?<br />

(a) 99Mo (b) 99mTc (c) 131I (d) 125I 4.10. For use in carcinogenesis studies, benzo(a)pyrene is tagged with 3H <strong>to</strong> a specific<br />

activity of 4 × 1011 Bq/mmol. If there is only one 3H a<strong>to</strong>m on a tagged<br />

molecule, what percentage of the benzo(a)pyrene molecules is tagged with<br />

3H? 4.11. How many alpha particles are emitted per minute by 1 cm3 222 of Rn at a temperature<br />

of 27◦C and a pressure of 100,000 Pa?<br />

4.12. Calculate the number of beta particles emitted per minute by 1 kg of KCl if 40K emits one beta particle per transformation.<br />

4.13. Iodine-125, a widely used iso<strong>to</strong>pe in the practice of nuclear medicine, has a<br />

half-life of 60 days.<br />

(a) How long will it take for 4 MBq (∼1 μCi) <strong>to</strong> decrease <strong>to</strong> 0.1% of its initial<br />

activity?<br />

(b) What is the mean life of 125I? 4.14. If uranium ore contains 10% U3O8, how many metric <strong>to</strong>ns are necessary <strong>to</strong><br />

produce 1gofradium if the extraction process is 90% efficient?<br />

4.15. How much 234U is there in 1 metric <strong>to</strong>n of the uranium ore containing 10%<br />

U3O8?<br />

4.16. Compare the activity of the 234U <strong>to</strong> that of the 235U and the 238U in the ore of<br />

problems 4.14 and 4.15.<br />

4.17. Calculate the activity, in becquerels and microcuries, of each of the uranium<br />

iso<strong>to</strong>pes in 1 g of natural uranium and then using these results, <strong>to</strong>gether with<br />

the values for the iso<strong>to</strong>pic abundances, calculate the activity of 1gofnatural<br />

uranium.

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