Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

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

Chapter 18 - Exercises - Page 750b: 31

Answer

18.7 %

Work Step by Step

Half-life $t_{1/2}=28.9\,y$ Decay constant $\lambda=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{28.9\,y}=0.02398\,y^{-1}$ $t=(2015-1945)y= 70\,y$ Recall that $\ln(\frac{A}{A_{0}})=-\lambda t$ where $A_{0}$ is the amount of sample at the beginning and $A$ is the amount sample after time $t$. $\implies \ln(\frac{A}{A_{0}})=-(0.02398\,y^{-1})(70\,y)=-1.6786$ Taking the inverse $\ln$ of both the sides, we have $\frac{A}{A_{0}}=e^{-1.6786}=0.1866$ Percentage of the sample remaining=$0.1866\times100\%=18.7\%$
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