January 2015 Chemistry Regents #82-85

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  Base your answers to questions 82 through 85 on the information below.

A breeder reactor is one type of nuclear reactor. In a breeder reactor, uranium-238 is transformed in a series of nuclear reactions into plutonium-239. The plutonium-239 can undergo fission as shown in the equation below. The X represents a missing product in the equation.

82 Determine the number of neutrons in an atom of the uranium isotope used in the breeder reactor. [1]

Answer-->146

83 Based on Table N, identify the decay mode of the plutonium radioisotope produced in the breeder reactor. [1]

Answer-->alpha particle

84 Compare the amount of energy released by 1 mole of completely fissioned plutonium-239 to the amount of energy released by the complete combustion of 1 mole of methane. [1]

Answer-->nuclear reactions are much greater

85 Write a notation for the nuclide represented by missing product X in this equation. [1]

Answer-->
144Ce
58

 

 

 
 

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