EBK WEBASSIGN FOR ZUMDAHL'S CHEMICAL PR
EBK WEBASSIGN FOR ZUMDAHL'S CHEMICAL PR
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Chapter 20, Problem 29E
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Interpretation: In the dark places, 17% or more of the tritium originally present needed to read the dial, the year that read the time at night 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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