Chapter 15, Problem 73QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The appreciable amount of nuclides that will be present inside the body after the ingestion of $\text{Polonium}-214$ is to be identified.

Concept Introduction:

$\text{Polonium}-214$ is the radioactive isotope of polonium having a very short half-life. The half-life of $\text{Polonium}-214$ is $1.6\times {10}^{-4}\text{ s}$ . Thus, it is very much unstable and disintegrates to other nuclides.