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Determine how much energy is released when thorium-230 decays according to the following equation.  230Th --> 4He + 226Ra   Particle Mass (amu)   Th-230 230.033127     Ra-226 226.025403     He-4 4.00260   (1 kg = 6.022 × 1026 amu;     NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol–1;        c = 2.99792458 × 108 m/s)

Determine how much energy is released when thorium-230 decays according to the following equation.  230Th --> 4He + 226Ra   Particle Mass (amu)   Th-230 230.033127     Ra-226 226.025403     He-4 4.00260   (1 kg = 6.022 × 1026 amu;     NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol–1;        c = 2.99792458 × 108 m/s)

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Determine how much energy is released when thorium-230 decays according to the following equation.

 230Th --> 4He + 226Ra
  Particle Mass (amu)
  Th-230 230.033127  
  Ra-226 226.025403  
  He-4 4.00260  

(1 kg = 6.022 × 1026 amu; 

   NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol–1; 

      c = 2.99792458 × 108 m/s)

 

 
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