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2) The first atomic explosion was detonated in the desert north of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. What fraction of the strontium-90 (t1/2 = 28.8 yr) origi- nally produced by that explosion still remains as of July 16, 2008?

2) The first atomic explosion was detonated in the desert north of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. What fraction of the strontium-90 (t1/2 = 28.8 yr) origi- nally produced by that explosion still remains as of July 16, 2008?

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2) The first atomic explosion was detonated in the desert north of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. What fraction of the strontium-90 (t1/2 = 28.8 yr) origi- nally produced by that explosion still remains as of July 16, 2008?
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