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    IGCSE Physics Worksheet 23.1

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    This document contains 5 problems involving radioactive decay and half-lives. Problem 1 asks about the number of undecayed atoms remaining after 1, 2, and 3 half-lives from an original sample of 1200 atoms. Problems 2 and 3 calculate decay rates after specific time periods and determine the time needed to reach a given decay rate. Problem 4 asks the learner to deduce the half-life from a graph of decay rate over time. Problem 5 provides a table of decay rates over time and asks the learner to graph it and deduce the half-life.

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    This document contains 5 problems involving radioactive decay and half-lives. Problem 1 asks about the number of undecayed atoms remaining after 1, 2, and 3 half-lives from an original sample of 1200 atoms. Problems 2 and 3 calculate decay rates after specific time periods and determine the time needed to reach a given decay rate. Problem 4 asks the learner to deduce the half-life from a graph of decay rate over time. Problem 5 provides a table of decay rates over time and asks the learner to graph it and deduce the half-life.

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    This document contains 5 problems involving radioactive decay and half-lives. Problem 1 asks about the number of undecayed atoms remaining after 1, 2, and 3 half-lives from an original sample of 1200 atoms. Problems 2 and 3 calculate decay rates after specific time periods and determine the time needed to reach a given decay rate. Problem 4 asks the learner to deduce the half-life from a graph of decay rate over time. Problem 5 provides a table of decay rates over time and asks the learner to graph it and deduce the half-life.

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    IGCSE Physics Worksheet 23.1

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    This document contains 5 problems involving radioactive decay and half-lives. Problem 1 asks about the number of undecayed atoms remaining after 1, 2, and 3 half-lives from an original sample of 1200 atoms. Problems 2 and 3 calculate decay rates after specific time periods and determine the time needed to reach a given decay rate. Problem 4 asks the learner to deduce the half-life from a graph of decay rate over time. Problem 5 provides a table of decay rates over time and asks the learner to graph it and deduce the half-life.

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    Worksheet 23.

    1
    Radioactive decay
    Solve some problems involving radioactive decay and halflife.
    1 A sample of a radioactive substance contains 1200 undecayed atoms.
    a How many will remain after one half-life?
    b How many will remain after two half-lives?
    c How many will decay during three half-lives?
    2 The radioactive substance carbon-11 has a half-life of 20 minutes. A
    sample initially contains 20000 undecayed atoms.
    a How many will remain undecayed after 20 minutes?
    b How many will remain undecayed after 60 minutes?
    c How many will decay during 60 minutes?
    3 A sample of a radioactive substance gives a count rate of 400 counts per
    minute. Its half-life is known to be 3 days.
    a What will the count rate be after 6 days?
    b How long will it take for the count rate to fall to 50 counts per minute?

    Cambridge University Press 2014


    Worksheet 23.11

    IGCSE Physics

    4 The radiation from a sample of radioactive material was measured over a


    period of
    10 weeks. The graph shows how the count rate changed. From the graph,
    deduce the
    half-life of the material.

    5 The table shows how the count rate from a radioactive sample changed
    with time. Draw a graph of count rate against time, and use it to deduce
    the half-life of the sample.
    Time /
    days
    0

    240

    185

    143

    110

    85

    65

    48

    Cambridge University Press 2014


    Worksheet 23.12

    Count rate / counts per


    minute

    IGCSE Physics

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