PLEASE INCLUDE VISUALS/SKETCHES  TO ALL THREE QUESTIONS!! 1

PLEASE INCLUDE VISUALS/SKETCHES  TO ALL THREE QUESTIONS!!
1. By what percent is the radius of Uranium-238 greater than the radius of of Uranium-232? 

• Sketch the situation(s), defining all of your variables. 

• What physics equation(s) will you utilize in order to solve this problem? For each equation you list, give a justification for why it applies to this situation. 

• Apply your equation(s) to solve the problem as an algebraic expression(s).

•  Calculate your numerical answer(s). Show the units of your answer(s), and how you got them.

2. Find the ratio of the binding energy per nucleon in Sodium-23 to that of Sodium-24.

•  Sketch the situation(s), defining all of your variables.

•  What physics equation(s) will you utilize in order to solve this problem? For each equation you list, give a justification for why it applies to this situation.

•  Apply your equation(s) to solve for your answer. Algebraic solution not required.

3. What is the disintegration energy released when Uranium-232 (mass 232.037156 u) ?-decays to Thorium-228 (mass 228.028742 u)? 

• Sketch the situation, defining all your variables. 
• What physics equation(s) will you utilize in order to solve this problem? For each equation you list, give a justification for why it applies to this situation. 
• Apply your equation(s) to solve the problem as an algebraic expression(s). 
• Calculate your numerical answer(s). Show the units of your answer(s), and how you got them.