32P Half-Life Problem

Related BrainMass Solutions

• Hershey and Chase Experiment

  They use 32P and 35S.

• Important information about Radioactivity

  17088 Important Information about Radioactivity How much energy is released when 32P, decays by beta- emission? Because, 32P decays as, 32P = 32S + beta where, 32S: sulphur with mass number 32.

• Density Distribution of Viral DNA

  As predicted, the duplexes after one DNA replication event should contain 32P and the BrdU, which they do. Also, as predicted, they should contain some 3H, which they do. One strand has 3H in it, while the other strand has 32P and BrdU in it.

• Atomic Number and Electronic Configuration in a New Universe

  So the electronic configuration of the second noble gas will be: 1s^32s^32p^6.

• Understanding Radioactive Decay Calculations

  To solve this problem, compare the half-life to the # of days: half-life = 60 days # of days = 360 days How many half-lives in 360 days?

• Using experimental results to determine the order of a chemical reaction and the rate constant from your understanding of chemical kinetics and species half life.

  The problem states that the half-life of X decreases by a factor of 2 when the concentration of X is doubled. For this problem, the half-life of X is dependent on the concentration of X, therefore, the reaction is not first order.

• Radioactive decay

  Note, I used tau symbol for the half-life period. I hope this help Thanks again Yinon The solution shows how to use the concept of half-life to a decay problem.

• Half Life Method: Example Problem

  5990 Half Life Method: Example Problem Problem: The thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the gas phase at 1030oK is studied in a constant volume vessel at various initial pressures of N2O.

• a short half-life explanation

  194412 a short half-life explanation If it takes 10.0 minutes for 5000 atoms of a radioactive isotope to decay to 2500 atoms, how many of the original 5000 atoms remain after 30.0 minutes? This is a straightforward 1/2 life problem.