June 2010 Chemistry Regents #62-64

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Base your answers to questions 62 through 64 on the information below.

When a uranium-235 nucleus absorbs a slow-moving neutron, different nuclear reactions may occur. One of these possible reactions is represented by the complete, balanced equation below.

For this reaction, the sum of the masses of the products is slightly less than the sum of the masses of the reactants. Another possible reaction of U-235 is represented by the incomplete, balanced equation below.

62 Identify the type of nuclear reaction represented by equation 1. [1]

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fission

transmutation

note= the transmutation answer is garbage, but accepted by the regents. You should know what fission is.

63 Write a notation for the missing product in equation 2. [1]

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142

Xe

54

or Xenon-142

64 Determine the half-life of krypton-92 if only 6.0 milligrams of an original 96.0-milligram sample remains unchanged after 7.36 seconds. [1]

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Answer-1.84s

96.0mg=>48.0=>24.0=>12.0=>6.0mg

7.36seconds/4 half lives=1.84s

 

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