Basic Physics
Nuclear Transformations
Half-Lives
Half-Lives
Production of X-rays
100
3 x 10^8 m/s
What is the speed of light.
100
N= (No)e^(-lamda(t))
What is the decay constant formula
100
60.1 days
What is I-125 half-life.
100
1600 years
What is Ra-226 half-life.
100
The negative end of an x-ray tube.
What is the cathode.
200
Quantized the orbits of electrons in order to explain the stability of an atom.
What is the Bohr Model.
200
A= (Ao)e^(-lamda(t))
What is the activity formula.
200
30.17 years
What is Cs-137 half-life.
200
16.99 days
What is Pd-103 half-life.
200
The reaction when high energy electrons interact with an atom and ejects an orbital electron resulting in a photon.
What is characteristic x-ray production.
300
6.0228 x 10^23
What is Avagadros Number.
300
½ = e^(-lamda(T1/2))
What is the half-life formula.
300
5.27 years
What is Co-60 half-life.
300
28.8 years
What is Sr-90 half-life.
300
Used to increase the voltage supplying the x-ray tube to kilo-volts.
What is a step-up transformer.
400
The mass of an atom is not exactly equal to the sum of its particles.
What is mass defect.
400
The process of successive transformations in which the original radioactive element (parent), gives rise to another radioactive element (daughter).
What is Radioactive equilibrium.
400
2.67 days
What is Y-90 half-life.
400
73.83 days
What is Ir-192 half-life.
400
Affects the low energy x-rays of a beam by absorbing them.
What is filtration.
500
The energy required to dissociate a structure, is a reult of mass defect.
What is binding energy.
500
An interaction of a high energy photon with an atomic nucleus can lead to a nuclear reaction and to the emission of one or more nucleons.
What is photodisintegration.
500
3.8 days
What is Rn-222 half-life.
500
8.01 days
What is I-131 half-life.
500
Allows the use of the positive and negative waves of AC current to reduce the voltage supply variation or ripple.
What is a full wave rectifier.