After 20 years, only 3.125% of the initial amount of radioactive isotope is left. What is the half-life of this isotope?

Q: How long does it take for a radioactive substance to decay from 360 cps to 11.25 cps if the…

A: Half-life is the time required for the reaction to be half completed. It is denoted by t1/2 . For a…

Q: Thorium-234 has a half-life of 24.1 days. Suppose the initial amount of Thorium-234 is 162.9 mg,…

A: All natural and artificial radioactive decays follows first order kinetics The integrated rate…

Q: 1. A substance has a mass of 5 grams after decaying for 100 minutes. What was the mass of the…

A: Given that: Mass of substance left after decaying = 5 g Total time for decaying of substance = 100…

Q: (11) Lead-211 is a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 36.1 minutes. How long will it take for…

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Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is UU-235, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 703…

A: Given , half life of U-235 = 703 million years. We need to find the time at which the amount of…

Q: Beginning with 1.00 g of a sample of an unknown radioactive isotope, 0.05674 g of the isotope will…

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Q: A sample of polonium-210 has a half-life of 138 days a)What fraction of polonium-210 remains after…

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Q: A 1.55 g sample of an isotope has a half-life of 3.8 days. What mass of sample is left after 5.5…

A: given data,sample of an isotope or initial amount of sample =1.55 g sample half life =3.8…

Q: If uranium-238 has a half-life of 45 billion years, how many years would it take for a 10-gram…

A: Given  Half life of U-238 (t1/2)   = 45 billion years 1 billion years    = 109 years  45 billion…

Q: Cobalt-60 has a half-life of 5.3 years. How many half-livesoccur after 21.2 years?

A: Generally, a radioactive decay reaction takes place as a first order reaction.  In a first order…

Q: (6) After three half-lives, 100% (A) (B) 50% (C) 25% (D) 12.5% % of the initial isotope of a…

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Q: 222Rn has a half-life of 3.82 days. If a sample contains 36.2 mg of 222Rn, what mass of the isotope…

A: We have to calculate the amount after 6.81 days.

Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

A: Given datas –  t1/2 = 30.2 years  t = ?  [A0] = 100.0 g  [At] = 1.20 g

Q: Plutonium – 236 is an alpha emitter with a half-life of 2.86 years. If a sample initially contains…

A: Given data Half life : t1/2=2.86 year Initial amount : No=2.56 mg time : t=7 year…

Q: If 50% (1/2)of a radioactive element remains after 4000 years, what is the half-life

A: Half life of a radioactive element is the time required to disintegrate into it's half…

Q: The half-life of Radium-226 is 1600 years. If 30 grams are left after 8,030 years, how many grams…

A: Radioactive decay follows first order kinetics.  k = 0.693/t0.5  Or, k = 0.693/1600 year^-1 =…

Q: The half life of Carbon-14 is 5730 years. Calculate what percentage of C-14 will remain after 17,190…

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Q: 2) If 20.0 g of a radioactive isotope are present at 1:00 PM and 5.0 g remain at 2:00 PM, what is…

A: Since you have asked multiple question, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: A radioactive isotope decayed to 17/32 of its original mass after 60 minutes. Find the half-life of…

A: All radioactive decays follows first order kinetics . The integrated rate equation for first order…

Q: Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8 days. What fraction of the original sample would remain at the end…

A: Half life is the period at which concentration of reactant reduces half of its original value.

Q: A wooden statue found in Egypt has a carbon-14 content that is three-fifths of that found in living…

A: Given: A wooden statue found in Egypt has a carbon-14 content that is three-fifths of that found in…

Q: The half life of an isotope is 43 seconds. How long does it take 100.0g of that isotope to decay to…

A: Half life = 43 second k = 0.693half life= 0.69343 sec=0.016 s-1

Q: If 7.0 grams of a sample decays to 0.44 grams in 2.0 hours, what is the half-life time of the…

A: For calculation of half life first of all we need rate constant of the reaction, which can be…

Q: A 40.0 mg sample of a radioactive substance decays to 10.0 mg in 10 days. What is the half-life of…

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Q: A certain radioisotope has a half-life of 6.58 days. What percentage of an initial sample of this…

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Q: c) What percentage of the isotope will remain after 115 days lfur 25. alpha beta and

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Q: The half-life of a radioactive isotope is 12.8 seconds. Starting with 0.960 g of this isotope, how…

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Q: 1. If the amount of the parent isotope in the original sample of a rock had been 48 grams, about how…

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Q: radioactive sample originally contains 8.0g of an isotope with a half- life of 6 days. What is the…

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Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

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Q: A radioactive isotope decays from 60 grams to 15 grams in 20 seconds. What is its half-life? a) 20…

A: The radioactive decay is an example of first order reaction.

Q: The half-life of radium 226 is 1602 years. If you have 500 grams of radium today how many grams…

A: This is a first order reaction where the radioactive substance disintegrates. The half life time of…

Q: A radioactive material decays at a rate proportional to its amount. If the material has a half-life…

A: To solve this question, first find out rate constant using half life and then use that to find out…

Q: After 60 days, 10 grams of radioactive isotope remains from an original 80 g sample. What is the…

A: Law of radioactive decay: Law of radioactive decay relates the amount radioactive substance…

Q: Proton-85 has a half-life of 10 years. Approximately what percentage of Kr-85 produced from the…

A: Half life of Kr-85 = 10 yr % of Kr remain active = ?

Q: At a given time, there are 1.2 mg of a radioactive substance present. After 6 hours there is only…

A: To solve this question, first find out the rate constant of radioactive substance and using that…

Q: percentage of his original carbon-14

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Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

A: Half life means time takwen by the sample to reachhalf of its concentartion.  Remains afetr t time =…

Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U-235, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 703 million…

A: Using the given half-life period, rate constant, k can be determined.

Q: If an ancient piece of wood is found to have one-sixteenth the original amount of carbon-14 in it,…

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Q: The Cs-131 nuclide has a half-life of 30 years. After 120 years, 4.2 g remain. What is the original…

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Q: decay

A: T1/2 = 28 yrs N = 0.40 g No = ? at T = 56 years

Q: If you have 2.00 grams of a radioisotope, with a half-life of 5 days, how much of the isotope is…

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Q: A theoretical isotope known as Du-30 has a half life of 6 months. The amount decreased from 1.50M to…

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Q: After 60 days, 10 grams of radioactive isotope remains from an original 38 g sample. What is the…

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Q: A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 60.2 days. What fraction of the isotope remains after 418…

A: Provided half life(t1/2) = 60.2 days Provided time(t)=418 days Let initial amount= [A•] Let final…

Q: Polonium 209 (Po-209) has a half life of 103 years. How long would it take a 100-g sample to decay…

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Q: An 80.0 g sample of iodine-131 was placed in a sealed vessel forty days ago. Only 2.5 g of this…

A: Decay reactions are first order reactions. Since we know that the relationship between the amount of…

Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U−234U−234, an alpha emitter with a half-life of…

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