Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (9th Edition)

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Chapter 25 Nuclear Chemistry - Study Questions - Page 1007c: 33

Answer

$9.5\times10^{-4}\,mg$

Work Step by Step

Amount of radionuclide at the beginning $A_{0}=0.015\, mg$ Decay constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{78.25\,h}=0.008856\,h^{-1}$ Time $t=13\times24\,h=312\,h$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ where $A$ is the amount of radionuclide remaining. $\implies \ln(\frac{0.015\,mg}{A})=0.008856\times312=2.763$ Taking the inverse $\ln$ of both sides, we have $\frac{0.015\,mg}{A}=e^{2.763}=15.847$ Or $A= \frac{0.015\,mg}{15.847}=9.5\times10^{-4}\,mg$
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