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Chapter 13, Problem 13.25QP
What is the half-life of a compound if 75 percent of a given sample of the compound decomposes in 60 min? Assume first-order kinetics.
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ALEKS 360; 18WKS F/ GEN. CHEMISTRY >I<
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