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Principles of Modern Chemistry

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ISBN:9781305079113

Author:David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis, Laurie J. Butler

Publisher:David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis, Laurie J. Butler

Chapter19: Nuclear Chemistry

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Strontium-90 is present in the fallout produced by nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere. Sr-90 is potentially dangerous to humans and animals because it substitutes chemically for calcium in bones and has a half-life of almost 29 years. What percent of the original amount of Sr-90 remains in a 61 year-old woman who unknowingly drank Sr-90 in contaminated milk when she was 3 years old?

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