JEE Advanced2024Paper 2CHEM-III
Q.
A sample initially contains only U-238 isotope of uranium. With time, some of the U-238 radioactively decays into Pb-206 while the rest of it remains undisintegrated.
When the age of the sample is years, the ratio of mass of Pb-206 to that of U-238 in the sample is found to be . The value of is______.
[Given: Half-life of U-238 is years; ]
Correct answer: 143
Solution
Let the initial moles of U-238 be and the current moles be . Then moles of Pb-206 produced .
The mass ratio
Solving:
Using first-order decay with :
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