Plutonium oxide, used to power the Cassini space-probe to Saturn, was stored in corrosion resistant materials designed to contain fuel for 10 half-lives, or 870 years. a) Calculate the half-life of Pu-238 from the supplied data. b) The Cassini batteries contained 33 kg of Pu-238 in the form of plutonium dioxide. How many grams of Pu-238 will remain after 870 years?

Plutonium oxide, used to power the Cassini space-probe to Saturn, was stored in corrosion resistant materials designed to contain fuel for 10 half-lives, or 870 years. a) Calculate the half-life of Pu-238 from the supplied data. b) The Cassini batteries contained 33 kg of Pu-238 in the form of plutonium dioxide. How many grams of Pu-238 will remain after 870 years?

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Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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