Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Li is the chemical symbol for lithium. Lithium has proton number 3. Fig. 9.1 shows a nucleus of a radioactive isotope of lithium that is just about to decay.
(a(i))[1]

Write down, in nuclide notation, the symbol for this isotope of lithium.

(a(ii))[3]

Complete Fig. 9.2 to show this decay by drawing the nucleus created in the decay and writing the name of the particle that is the same as a $\beta$-particle.

(b(i))[1]

State why the readings are not all the same.

(b(ii))[1]

Suggest a possible source for this background radiation.

(b(iii))[3]

Predict the count reading when the experiment is carried out again $45\,\text{hours}$ later.

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