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11) Plutonium-239 undergoes alpha decay as shown.
a) Find the energy released as a result of the decay
b) If you start with 3.00 kg of Pu-239, how many alpha particles
will be emitted (approximately) after thirty thousand years?
239
Pu 94
U 235
+ He
24,000 years

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