If the amount of radioactive phosphorus-32 in a sample decreases from 2.4 mg to 0.30 mg in 42.9 days, what is the half-life of phosphorus-32?

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Q: After 40.0 days, how much Ac-225 remains if the starting mass was 73.0 g? Ac-225 has a half life of…

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Q: 218 Po from 238 U, which proceeds by a series of 84 29. Write a nuclear reaction for each step in…

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Q: You have a sample of unknown medication that is radioactive. You believe you should be able to…

A: Given: The initial activity, (A0) = 1.14×106 Bq. The activity after 11.1 hrs, (A) =  6.60×105 Bq.…

Q: What mass of Carbon-14 must be in a sample to have an activity of 2.00 mCi?

A: Solution - According to the question - Given - 2.00mCi = 2.00 * 10-3 Ci = 2.00 * 10-3 * 3.7 * 1010…

Q: A radioactive sample decays with a half-life of 71.19 minutes. If the original activity of the…

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Q: the half life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. how long does it take for 2.6 grams of carbon-14 to be…

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Q: lodine-131 is administered orally in the form of Nal(aq) as a treatment for thyroid cancer. The…

A: The half life of the iodine -131 = 8.04 daysThe time required for sample to reduce to 6.14 % of…

Q: [References) A rock containing 8 mg of plutonium-239 per kg of rock is found in a glacier. The…

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Q: Thallium-201 is used medically to diagnose heart problems. The half-life of thallium-201 is 72.9…

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Q: A sample of iodine-126 with an original mass of 15.00 mg loses 13.125 mg of the original mass of the…

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Q: You have a sample of Co-60. On the sample, it is recorded that the activity of the cobalt was…

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Q: A moon rock collected by a U.S. Apollo mission is estimated to be 3.70 billion years old by…

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Q: The half life of 52Fe is 8.28 hours. Suppose we measure the activity of a sample containing 52Fe and…

A: Calculation of disintegration constant (λ):T1/2 of 52Fe is = 8.28 hours.

Q: 2. Gold-198 has a half- life of 269 days. What is the activity (in curies) o a 0.43 mg sample?

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Q: The half-life of radium 226 is 1602 years. If you have 500 grams of radium today how many grams…

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Q: Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr. A living organism has an activity of 15.2 counts per minute…

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Q: What is the activity (in Bq) of a sample of Cs-137 if 31.6 years ago it was recorded to have an…

A: Given: The initial activity of Cs-137 = 9932.8 Bq And the time passed = 31.6 years. The half-life of…

Q: 0.132-g sample of Fe-29 (half-life is 44.5 days) is allowed to decay for 265 days. What quantity of…

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Q: Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr. A living organism has an activity of 15.2 counts per minute…

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Q: In each of the following nuclear reactions, supply the missing particle. 1) B Be+ ? 2) Ga Ge+ ? 3)…

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Q: 1. The radioactive nuclide Co has a half-life of 5.27 years. Calculate the mass of Co that remains…

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Q: Explain what is meant by the half-life of a radioactive nuclide. Living wood has an activity of 16…

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Q: In a 3 X 109 -year-old rock that originally contained some 238U , which has a half-life of 4.5 X 109…

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Q: A 26.00-g sample of water containing tritium, 3 1H, emits 1.50 * 103 beta particles per second.…

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Q: The question is: The activity of Arsenic-76 after 157.8 hrs is 120.2 micro milicuries. What was the…

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Q: In a 3×109 -year-old rock that originally contained some 238U , which has a half-life of 4.5×109…

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.