Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

A strontium-90 nucleus is shown in nuclide notation as $^{90}_{38}\text{Sr}$.
(a(i))[2]

Calculate how many neutrons are in one strontium-90 nucleus.

(a(ii))[1]

Determine the number of electrons in one strontium-90 atom.

(b)[1]

Describe what $\beta$-particles are like.

(c)[2]

Calculate the time needed for the strontium-90 to decay until just 2.0 mg of strontium-90 is left in the sample.

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