Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 12.6, Problem 11CC
The decay of a radioactive isotope was tracked over a number of hours, resulting in the following data. The decay of a radioactive element is modeled by the following equation, where C0 is the initial amount of the element at time zero, and k is the decay constant of the isotope.
C=C0e-kt
Determine the initial concentration and decay constant of the isotope, including value and units.
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