Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 18 - Exercises - Page 750b: 26

Answer

$6.34\times10^{11}$

Work Step by Step

Decay constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{433\times365\times24\times60\times60\,s}=5.075\times10^{-11}\,s^{-1}$ Number of moles $n=\frac{\text{mass in grams}}{\text{molar mass}}=\frac{5.0\,g}{241\,g/mol}=0.020747\,mol$ Number of particles $N=n\times\text{Avogadro number}$ $=0.020747\times 6.022\times10^{23}=1.2494\times10^{22}$ Decay rate=$kN=5.075\times10^{-11}\,s^{-1}\times1.2494\times10^{22}$ $=6.34\times10^{11}\text{ emissions per second}$
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