32. Tritium has a half-life of 12.33 years. What fraction of the nuclei in a tritium sample will remain (a) after 5.00 yr? (b) After 10.0 yr? (c) After 123.3 yr? (d) Accord- ing to Equation 44.6, an infinite amount of time is required for the entire sample to decay. Discuss whether that is realistic.

32. Tritium has a half-life of 12.33 years. What fraction of the nuclei in a tritium sample will remain (a) after 5.00 yr? (b) After 10.0 yr? (c) After 123.3 yr? (d) Accord- ing to Equation 44.6, an infinite amount of time is required for the entire sample to decay. Discuss whether that is realistic.

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