EBK CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
EBK CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
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Author: DECOSTE
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 20, Problem 23E
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Interpretation: The mass of phosphorus-32 left from an original sample of 175 mg Na332Po4after 35.0 days needs to be determined.

Concept Introduction:The probability of decay per unit time of radioactive nuclei is called Decay constant. The decay constant is related to the half-life of the nuclide T 1/2 by the following relation:

   T 1/2 = ln 2/λ

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