Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - General Problems - Page 883: 69

Answer

$2.722\times 10^{-14}\;\rm kg $

Work Step by Step

We know that the number of nuclei of $\rm ^{35}S$ is given by $$R=\lambda N$$ where $\lambda=\dfrac{\ln2}{T_{ {\frac{1}{2}}}}$; Solving for $N_{^{35}S}$; $$N_{ ^{35}S}=\dfrac{R}{\lambda}=\dfrac{RT_{ {\frac{1}{2}}}}{\ln 2}\tag 1$$ We know that the mass amount of $\rm ^{35}S$ is given by $$m_{^{35}S}=N_{^{35}S}M_{^{35}S}$$ where $M_{^{35}S}$ is its atomic mass. Plugging from (1) $$m_{^{35}S}=\dfrac{RT_{ {\frac{1}{2}}}}{\ln 2}M_{^{35}S}$$ Plugging the known; $$m_{^{35}S}=\dfrac{(4.28\times 10^4)(87.37\times 86400)}{\ln 2}\times 34.969032 \times 1.67\times 10^{-27}$$ $$m_{^{35}S}=\color{red}{\bf 2.722\times 10^{-14}}\;\rm kg $$
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