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The half life of \({ }_{92}^{238} \mathrm{U}\) against \(\alpha\)-decay is \(13.86 \times 10^{16} \mathrm{~s}\). The activity of \(1 \mathrm{~g}\) sample of \({ }_{92}^{238} \mathrm{U}\) is

  1. A \(1.26 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\)
  2. B \(1.26 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\)
  3. C \(12.6 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\)
  4. D \(12.6 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\)
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(A) \(1.26 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\)

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Activity of a sample is \(\begin{aligned} R & =\left|\frac{d N}{d t}\right|=\mid-\lambda N \models \lambda N=\frac{0.6931}{T_{1 / 2}} \times N \\ & =\frac{0.6931}{T_{1 / 2}} \times n \times N_A=\frac{0.6931}{T_{1 / 2}} \times \frac{m}{M} \times N_A \end{aligned}\) With values,…
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