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etisalat 4G 9:55 PM adpoly.ankabut.ac.ae IC Jasim Alhaddad: Attempt 1 Quiz Note: It is recommended that you save your response as you complete each question. Question 1 (2 points) Manganese-54 has a half life of 312.3 days. If its activity is currently 5430 dpm, what will its activity be 100 days from now? Question 2 (2 points) Using the information in question 1 above, what will be the activity 7 half-lives from now? Question 3 (3 points) A 90Sr source with a half life of 28.78 years was calibrated to emit 0.1 uCi of radiation. If its activity today is measured at 8x 104 dpm, how long was it calibrated? Question 4 (3 points) A 210Po source with a half life of 138.4 days was calibrated at o.1 pCi, 3 years ago. Under your detector it records 2.16 x 103 cpm. What is your detector's percent efficiency?

Explanation / Answer

Solution :-

a) Find the activity be 100 days from now,

By using the formula for activity ,

                    T =( 2.302t/2 )/0.693 * log A0 /A------------(1)

Where , A0 = is the activity at t = 0

A = Activity

t/2 = half life

from equation (1)

0.0963 = log 100 – log A

0.0963-2 = - log A

Log A = 1.9037

A = 80.1124 dpm

                  The activity be 100 days from now = 80.1124 dpm

b) Find the activity

By using formula ,

t = 7 * t/2

7 * 312.3

t = 2186.1 days

t =( 2.303 *t/2) / 0.693 * log A0 / A

2186.1 = (2.303 * 312.3)/0.693 * log 100 / A

2.1077 = log 100 – log A

0.1077 = -log A

Log A = -0.1077

A = 7.8031 * 10-3 dpm

c) Find how long was it calibrated

t/2 = 28.78 yrs

0.1miceocurie = 2.22*1021*10-6

= 222*1015

A = 8 * 104 dpm

t = ?

t = (2.303 t/2)/0.693 * log A0/A

t = ( 2.303 * 28.78 ) / 0.693 * log 2.22*1015/8*104

t = 998.8210 years

d) Find detector percentage efficiency

t/2 = 138.4 days

t= 3 years

% efficiency = No. of counts rcorded by detector / No. of radiation coming out from source .

= Nc / Ns

= 2.16*103 cpm / 2.22*1015cpm

% efficiency = 9.7297 * 10-13%

Detector percentage efficiency is = 9.7297 * 10-13%