Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    Decay constant of radium is \[\lambda \]. By a suitable process its compound radium bromide is obtained. The decay constant of radium bromide will be

    A)  \[\lambda \]                                     

    B)  more than \[\lambda \]

    C)  less than \[\lambda \]                  

    D)  zero

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Many nuclei are radioactive. This means that they are unstable like radium and will eventually decay by emitting as particle transforming the nucleus into another nucleus. A chain of decays take place until a stable nucleus is reached. In the compound radium bromide, radium is radioactive while bromide is not, hence decay constant of compound is same as that of radium that is\[\lambda \].


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