College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 30, Problem 15P
Calcium-47 is a β− emitter with a half-life of 4.5 days. If a bone sample contains 2.24 g of this isotope, at what rate will it decay?
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