An unknown radioactive sample is observed to decrease in activity by a factor of fi ve in a one-hour period. What is its half-life?

Q: A drug prepared for a patient is tagged with 4399Tc, which has a half-life of 6.05 h. The dose…

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Q: After 1.82 days, the activity of a sample of an unknown type radioactive material has decreased to…

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Q: The number of radioactive atoms in a sample decay as the emission of radiation proceeds and this may…

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Q: How many half-lives would have to elapse for a sample of a radioactive isotope to decrease from an…

A: No = 192 cpmN = 3 cpm

Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: a sample with a half-life of 19 days has an initial activity of 7.0 x 10^5 counts/s. what isits…

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Q: Suppose the activity due to the radioactive decay of the carbon-14in a tiny sample of an artifact…

A: The activity of fresh wood sample is The activity of old wood sample is The half life of carbon 14…

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Q: Mantles for gas lanterns are made of thorium, because it forms an oxide that can survive being made…

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Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: Plutonium has a decay constant of 2.75 × 10-16 s-1. Activity of 1 g of sample will be 0.678x106 Bq.…

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Q: Suppose Radon gas is trapped in a basement after renovations. The half life of radon gas Is 3.8235…

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Q: A drug tagged with Tc (half-life= 6.05 h) is prepared for a patient. If the original activity of the…

A: Given:-Original activity (Ao)=1.1*104 Bq.Time (t) = 1.8 hoursHalf life = 6.05 hFind Activity…

Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

A: Half life of C-14  T1/2= yearsinitial activity of sample A0= BqActivity of sample At = Bq

Q: Mantles for gas lanterns contain thorium, because it forms an oxide that can survive being heated to…

A: Hlf-life time of radioactive element is Mass of element is Note:Molar mass of  is Avogadro's number…

Q: The half-life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: A radioactive sample is prepared; 10.78 hours later, only 1/16th of the original sample remains.…

A: Activity N=N0e-λt  10.78 hours later, only 1/16th of the original sample remains N016=N0e-λ10.78…

Q: Tritium (half-life = 12.3 yr) is used to verify the age of expensive brandies. If an old brandy…

A: The amount remaining is equal to the original amount times 1/2 raised to the of half-lives that have…

Q: The half-life of 60?? is 5.27 years. The activity of a 60?? is 3.50 × 109 Bq. What is the mass of…

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Q: A living specimen in equilibrium with the atmosphere contains one atom of ¹4℃ (half-life = 5 730 yr)…

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Q: A piece of charcoal used for cooking is found at the remains of an ancient campsite. A 1.19 kg…

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Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73* 10^3 years. Suppose the activity due to the…

A: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73* 10^3 years.  A tiny sample of an artifact made of…

Q: The half life for the radioactive decay of Ce-141 is 32.5 days. If the sample has an activity of 4.0…

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