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Chapter 13, Problem 36TAR
Rank the following isotopes from the most radioactive isotope to the least radioactive isotope.
(a) Nickel-59, half-life 75,000 years
(b) Uranium-238, half-life 4.5 billion years
(c) Actinium-223, half-life 10 days
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