When iridium-192 is used to treat cancer, a small cylindrical piece of 192Ir, a 0.6 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm long, is surgically inserted into the tumor. If the density of iridium is 22.42g/cm3, how many iridium atoms are present in the sample?
When iridium-192 is used to treat cancer, a small cylindrical piece of 192Ir, a 0.6 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm long, is surgically inserted into the tumor. If the density of iridium is 22.42g/cm3, how many iridium atoms are present in the sample?
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When iridium-192 is used to treat cancer, a small cylindrical piece of 192Ir, a 0.6 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm long, is surgically inserted into the tumor. If the density of iridium is 22.42g/cm3, how many iridium atoms are present in the sample?
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