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The isotope cesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years, is a product of nuclear power plants. Show that it will take 120 years for this isotope to decay to about onesixteenth its original amount.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter30: Nuclear Physics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 65A

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