You have 5 grams of radioactive substance A and 5 grams of radioactive substance B. Both decay by
emitting alpha-radiation, and you know that the higher
the number of alpha-particles emitted in a given amount
of time, the more dangerous the sample is. Substance A
has a short half-life (around 4 days or so) and substance
B has a longer half-life (around 10 months or so). Which
substance is more dangerous right now? Explain.

Suppose that an electromagnetic wave which is linearly polarized along the x−axis is propagating in vacuum along the z−axis. the wave is incident on a conductor which is placed at z > 0 region of the space. the conductor has conductivity σ, magnetic permeability µ and electric permittivity ε. (a) find the characteristic time for the free charge density which dissipates at the conductor. (b) write the maxwell equations and derive the wave equation for a plane wave propagating in a conductor. (c) find the attenuation distance at which the incident amplitude reduces to e ^−1 of its initial value. (d) find the electric and magnetic fields inside the conductor. 8 (e) find the power loss per area of the incident electromagnetic wave at the surface of conductor.

Total solidification times of three casting geometries are to be compared: a sphere, a cylinder, in which the length-to-diameter ration - 1.0, and a cube. volume = 1000 cm^3 for all three shhapes, and the same casting alloy is used. a) determine the solidification times of each geometry b) based on the results of part (a), which geometric element would make the best riser? c) if the mold constant = 3.5 min/cm^2 in chvorinov's rule, compute the total solidification time for each casting.

Using a pedometer, you walk 3000 steps in 20 minutes, so your speed is 150 steps/min. each of your steps is 0.7 m long. what is your speed? 150 steps/min=/s=/h