Cobalt-60 has a half-life of approximately 5 years. If 53 g of the material was stored for 20 years, how much of the material would be left.

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Half Life

The concept of Half Life has numerous practical applications some of them includes figuring out the effective drug dosage to finding out when a radioactive becomes safe to use. If you look for a career in Nuclear Physics you will need this concept.