Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 22 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Rates of Decay - Page 885: 53

Answer

29.9 hours.

Work Step by Step

Amount of radionuclide at the beginning $A_{0}=100$ Amount of radionuclide remaining $A= 100.0-99.9=0.1$ Rate constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{3.0\,h}=0.231/h$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ $\implies \ln(\frac{100}{0.1})=6.908=0.231\,h^{-1}\times t$ $\implies t=\frac{6.908}{0.231/h}=29.9\,h$
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