
Interpretation:
The activity of
Concept Information:
Strontium-90 is produced by nuclear fission and a radioactive isotope of strontium. The strontium-90 undergoes β-decay with half-life of
The number of radioactive
Here,
The change in the number of nuclei per second is:
Here,
The above equation is called the law of radioactive decay which is a first-order kinetic process. The half-life of the first-order reaction is:
Here,
The relationship between the conversion of becquerel to curie is as:
The relationship between the conversion of curies to microcuries is as:

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