Rates of Disintegration Reactions (20.2.1)

Question 1

• Just as for any first-order reaction, half-lives can be used for calculations involving nuclear disintegration reactions.

Answer 1

• Just as for any first-order reaction, half-lives can be used for calculations involving nuclear disintegration reactions.

Question 2

• Activity is the rate of nuclear decay.

Answer 2

• Activity is the rate of nuclear decay.

Question 3

• Measurements of activities and half-lives can be used to make calculations for nuclear disintegration reactions.

Answer 3

• Measurements of activities and half-lives can be used to make calculations for nuclear disintegration reactions.