The half life of radium 226 is 1602 years. If you have 500 grams of radium today how many grams would have been present 9612 years ago?

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

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Q: Barium-142 is an beta emitter with a half-life of 11.0 min. If we start with 2.500 g of 142Ba, what…

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Q: If the half-life of 100.0 grams of a radioactive isotope is 8 years, how many grams will remain in…

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Q: If a rock contained 12.0 g of ⁴⁰K when the earth was formed 4.54 billion years ago and the half-life…

A: Given information is as follows; Initial mass of ⁴⁰K in the rock A0 = 12.0 g Final mass of ⁴⁰K in…

Q: A radioactive nuclide 60/27 Co has a half-life of 5.27 years. Calculate the mass of 60/27Co that…

A: Given the half-life period of radioactive nuclide 60/27 Co has a half-life of 5.27 years.  Mass of…

Q: If you start with 71.0 grams of a radioactive substance with a half life of 3 days, how much will be…

A: Here given, Initial amount (N0) = 71 grams Half life (t1/2) = 3 days Time (t) = 15 days Amount left…

Q: An artifact is found that has 33% of the 14C it had when it was living. How long ago was this…

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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: Selenium-73 decays by positron emission with a half-life of 7.15 hours. What mass remains from a…

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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: 31. Uranlum 235 decays to Lead 207 with a half-life of 0.7 billion years. What Is age of a rock…

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Q: The half-life of Po-218 is 3.1 minutes. How many grams of Po-218 would be left after 9.3 minutes, if…

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Q: If 29.5% of the original amount of 14C is present in a wooden tool at the time of analysis, what is…

A: Since the carbon decay is a first order kinetics reaction Hence for the first order reaction we can…

Q: Iodine-131 has half life of 9 days meaning that after every 9 days the amount of isotope is reduced…

A: The half-life of Iodine-131 is 9 days. Initial amount =10.0 g  Time = 18 days. 18 days means => 9…

Q: If the half life of a radioactive isotope is 3 minutes, how much of an 8 Ci sample would remain…

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Q: 2. The half-life of radon-222 is 3.8 days. How much of a 100 gram sample is left after 15.2 days?

A: Given data contains, The half-life of radon-222 is 3.8 days. Mass of sample left after 15.2 days is…

Q: The radioactive nuclide 9Co has a half-life of 5.27 years. Calculate the mass of 2Co that remains…

A: We have to calculate the amount remaining after 1 year.

Q: Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8.04 days. If you begin with 2.7 mg of radioactive "I what mass…

A: Half-Life: The half-life of a radio active material will tell us the time it takes for one-half of…

Q: The half-life of tritium is 12.32 yrs. If 49.1 mg of tritium remains of a sample with an initial…

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Q: The half-life of tritium is 12.32 yrs.If 49.1 mg of tritium remains of a sample with an initial mass…

A: The question is based on the concept of chemical kinetics. we have to calculate how much time has…

Q: The half life of bismuth-213 is 46 minutes.  How much of a 20 g sample of bismuth-213 is left after…

A: The unstable nucleus or isotope undergoes radioactive decay to form a stable nucleus. This process…

Q: Radium-226 is radioactive and has a half life of 1600. years. How long would it take a sample to…

A: The emission of energy in the form of the ionizing radiation is called radio decay.This radiation…

Q: 2. If a sample known to be about 17190 years old has 400 carbon-14 atoms, how many atoms were in the…

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Q: At a certain instant, 100 grams of radioactive substance is present. After 20 years, 99.76 grams…

A: The half-life is the time required to change the initial amount to half of the amount. It is denoted…

Q: A moon rock collected by a U.S. Apollo mission is estimated to be 3.70 billion years old by…

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Q: If the half-life of a radioactive isotope is 32 days, how many half-lives must pass before a 3.0…

A: Radioactive decay follows the first-order kinetics. The half-life of the first-order reaction does…

Q: How much of a 24-gram sample of Radium-226 will remain unchanged at the end of three half-life…

A: 19) Given : Initial mass of radium-226 = 24 g And time passed = 3 half lives.

Q: Cobalt-60 is commonly used as a source of beta-particles. How long does it take for 87.5% of a…

A: Radioactive decay is associated with the emission of small energetic particles e.g. beta particles,…

Q: After 31 years, what mass (in g) remains of a 45.0 g sample of a radioactive isotope with a…

A: Given, Half life (t1/2 )= 7.3 years time (t) = 31 years Number of radioactive atoms present…

Q: How many milligrams remain of a 15.0 mg sam- ple of radium-226 after 6396 years? The half-life of…

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Q: The half-life of Th-232 is 1.4 x 10^10 years. If there are 50.0 g of the sample left after 5.6 x…

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Q: The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. The wrapping of an Egyptian mummy gave off 3.8 counts per…

A: From the given data we haveHalf life of carbon-14=5730 yearsWrapping of mummy=3.8…

Q: A rock contains a Pb-206 to U- 238 mass ratio of 0.262: 1.00. Assuming that the rock did not contain…

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Q: 3. Suppose a sample of carbon-243 has a half-life of 3427 years. How long does it take for 80% of a…

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Q: A 26.00-g sample of water containing tritium, 3 1H, emits 1.50 * 103 beta particles per second.…

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Q: If a rock contained 12.0 g of 4°K when the earth was formed 4.54 billion years ago and the half-life…

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Q: The Cs-131 nuclide has a half-life of 30 years. After 120 years, 3.0 g remain. What is the original…

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Q: The radioactive isotope *Pa decays by beta emission. 234 If the mass of a sample of protactinium-234…

A: Initial mass of isotope M = 83.5 ug Final mass of isotope M' = 20.9 ug  Time of decay t = 13.5 hours…

Q: How much of a 24 gram sample of radium 226 will remain unchanged at the end of three half life…

A: Given, sample of radium-226 has mass of 24 gram.

Q: The Cs-131 nuclide has a half-life of 30 years. After 120 years, 6.6 g remain. What is the original…

A: Radio active decay obeys first order kinetics. The expression for rate constant:   Half life of…

Q: If the half-life of a radioactive isotope is 3.5 minutes, how many grams of a 200-gram sample would…

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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: In a 3×109 -year-old rock that originally contained some 238U , which has a half-life of 4.5×109…

A: Since 238U has a half-life of 4.5 × 109 y, it is useful for dating only very old materials, showing,…

Q: 19. How much of a 24-gram sample of Radium-226 will remain unchanged at the end of three half-life…

A: Weight of Radium -226 sample taken = 24 g Number of half lives = 3 Radioactive reactions first order…

Q: Strontium-90 has a half life of 28 years. If a 5.31 mg sample was stored for 112 years, what mass of…

A: Reaction in which rate is linearly depend upon one reactant is known as first order reaction.