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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 18. Chemical Kinetics

U92238 is known to undergo radioactive decay to form Pb82206 by emitting alpha and bet a particles. A rock initially contained 68×10-6g of U92238. If the number of alpha particles that it would emit during its radioactive decay of U92238 to Pb82206 in three half-lives is Z×1018, then what is the value of Z?

  1. A 1.2
  2. B 1.52
  3. C 15.8
  4. D 10.6
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(A) 1.2

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92238U82206Pb+24He+61    0β 0.286×10-6mole
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