Sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) is a radiopharmaceutical used as a diagnostic agent with a half-life of 6.01 hours (1st order kinetics). Which ONE of the following represents the rate constant, k, for the decay? 0.115 s 8.67 S-1 There is not enough information given in the question to determine this. 8.67 hr 0.115 hr¹

Sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) is a radiopharmaceutical used as a diagnostic agent with a half-life of 6.01 hours (1st order kinetics). Which ONE of the following represents the rate constant, k, for the decay? 0.115 s 8.67 S-1 There is not enough information given in the question to determine this. 8.67 hr 0.115 hr¹

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