Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007351117X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-117-7

Chapter 24 - Problems - Page 1097: 24.100

Answer

0.062

Work Step by Step

Half-life $t_{1/2}=7.0\times10^{8}\,y$ Decay constant $\lambda=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{7.0\times10^{8}\,y}=9.9\times10^{-10}\,y^{-1}$ $t=2.8\times10^{9}\,y$ 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 of sample after after time $t$. $\implies \ln(\frac{A}{A_{0}})=-(9.9\times10^{-10}\,y^{-1})(2.8\times10^{9}\,y)=-2.772$ Taking the inverse $\ln$ of both the sides, we have $\frac{A}{A_{0}}=e^{-2.772}=0.062$
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