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Find the amount of heat generated by a 1 mg preparation during the mean-life period…
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Nuclei · Nuclei
Problem
Find the amount of heat generated by a 1 mg
210
Po
^{210}\text{Po}
210
Po
preparation during the mean-life period of these nuclei if the emitted alpha particles have kinetic energy
5.3
MeV
5.3\text{ MeV}
5.3
MeV
and practically all daughter nuclei are formed directly in the ground state.
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