<u>Ans: 650 J = 155 calories</u>
<u>Given:</u>
Energy in joules = 650 J
<u>To determine:</u>
The energy in calories
<u>Explanation:</u>
1 joule = 0.2388 calories
Therefore, 650 joules = 0.2388 calories * 650 J/1 J = 155 calories
2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen makes water
After three half lives have passed, there would be only 12.5 percent of the original amount of a radioactive parent isotope that will remain. Half life is the time needed for a certain amount of a substance to be half its initial amount. It is a common term used in nuclear chemistry describing how fast radioactive substances undergo decay. One half life would correspond to only 50% would be left. Two half lives would be 25% only of the original value. Three half lives would be 12.5%. Four half lives would be 6.25% of the initial value. So on and so forth.
Unlike nuclear reactions, nuclear reactions are not affected by changes in temperature,
pressure, of the presence of catalysts. Also nuclear reactions of given radioisotope cannot be slowed down, speeded up, or stopped.