Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
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Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Problems - Page 882: 58

Answer

a) $2.0×10^2d$ b) $2.7\times10^{-14}g$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{\Delta N}{\Delta t}=(\frac{\Delta N}{\Delta t})_oe^{-\lambda t}$ $\lambda=0.013075d^{-1}$ $t=\frac{-\ln(\frac{\Delta N/\Delta t}{(\Delta N/\Delta t)_o})}{\lambda}=2.0×10^2d$ $N=\frac{\Delta N/\Delta t}{\lambda}=2.3128\times10^9$atoms $m=\frac{7g}{mol}\times\frac{1mol}{6.02\times10^{23}atoms}\times2.3128\times10^9$atoms$=2.7\times10^{-14}g$
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