Phosphorus-32 (3215P) decays by beta emission and it has a half-life of 14.3 days. Determine the activity (or decay rate) of 3215P in a 1.0-g sample of the compound K2H32PO4 (potassium hydrogen phosphate labeled with 32P; molar mass = 175.2 g/mol) and express the activity in curies (Ci)        (Avogadro’s number, No = 6.022 x 1023/mol;  1Ci = 3.7 x 1010 cps = counts per second)          (A) 5.2 x 104 Ci             (B) 2.9 x 105 Ci          (C) 1.7 x 106 Ci          (D) 1.6 x 103 Ci

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  1. Phosphorus-32 (3215P) decays by beta emission and it has a half-life of 14.3 days. Determine the activity (or decay rate) of 3215P in a 1.0-g sample of the compound K2H32PO4 (potassium hydrogen phosphate labeled with 32P; molar mass = 175.2 g/mol) and express the activity in curies (Ci

      (Avogadro’s numberNo = 6.022 x 1023/mol;  1Ci = 3.7 x 1010 cps = counts per second)

         (A) 5.2 x 104 Ci   

         (B) 2.9 x 105 Ci

         (C) 1.7 x 106 Ci

         (D) 1.6 x 103 Ci

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