Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Radioactive decay

Radioactive decay — practice question

Strontium is known to have at least 16 isotopes. Strontium-89 is one of them. Its half-life is 52 days.
(a)[2]

State what is meant by the term isotopes.

(b)[3]

Calculate the decay probability per second for a strontium-89 nucleus.

(c(i))[2]

A laboratory prepares a strontium-89 source. Its activity is measured 21 days after preparation and is found to be $7.4 \times 10^{6}\,\text{Bq}$. Determine the activity of the strontium-89 source when it was first prepared.

(c(ii))[2]

Calculate the mass of strontium-89.

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