The environmental concentration of 239Pu (t1/2 = 24,119 years) in a lake is 3.7x10-6 disin- tegrations per second per liter. What is the molarity of plutonium in the lake?

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The environmental concentration of 239Pu (t1/2 = 24,119 years) in a lake is 3.7x10-6 disin-
tegrations per second per liter. What is the molarity of plutonium in the lake?

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