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JEE Main 202329 JanuaryEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2023
Date
29 January
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Nuclear Physics

JEE Main 2023 · 29 January · Evening Shift · Physics · Nuclear Physics

Substance A has atomic mass number 16 and half life of 1 day....

Substance AA has atomic mass number 1616 and half life of 11 day. Another substance BB has atomic mass number 3232 and half life of 12\dfrac{1}{2} day. If both AA and BB simultaneously start undergo radio activity at the same time with initial mass 320g320g each, how many total atoms of AA and BB combined would be left after 22 days

Options

  1. A3.38×10243 . 38 \times {10}^{24}
  2. B6.76×10246 . 76 \times {10}^{24}
  3. C6.76×10236 . 76 \times {10}^{23}
  4. D1.69×10241 . 69 \times {10}^{24}

Correct answer

A. 3.38×10243 . 38 \times {10}^{24}

Step-by-step solution

Number of nuclei left after n half-lives is given by,

N=N0(12)tt12N = {N}_{0}\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)\dfrac{t}{{t}_{\dfrac{1}{2}}}.

As, (N0)A=32016=20moles{\left({N}_{0}\right)}_{A} = \dfrac{320}{16} = 20moles and

(N0)B=32032=10moles{\left({N}_{0}\right)}_{B} = \dfrac{320}{32} = 10moles

Then, NA=(N0)A(2)21=204=5{N}_{A} = \dfrac{{\left({N}_{0}\right)}_{A}}{{\left(2\right)}^{\dfrac{2}{1}}} = \dfrac{20}{4} = 5 and

NB=(N0)B(2)20.5=1024=0.625{N}_{B} = \dfrac{{\left({N}_{0}\right)}_{B}}{{\left(2\right)}^{\dfrac{2}{0 . 5}}} = \dfrac{10}{{2}^{4}} = 0 . 625

So total N=5.625N = 5 . 625

and number of atoms =5.625×6.023×1023= 5 . 625 \times 6 . 023 \times {10}^{23}

=3.38×1024= 3 . 38 \times {10}^{24}

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