Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 22 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Rates of Decay - Page 885: 58

Answer

$0.17\,\mu g$

Work Step by Step

Amount of radionuclide at the beginning $A_{0}=2.8\mu g$ Rate constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{2.69\,day}=0.2576/day$ Time $t=10.8\,day$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ where $A$ is the amount of radionuclide remaining. $\implies \ln(\frac{2.8\,\mu g}{A})=0.2576\times10.8=2.782$ Taking the inverse $\ln$ of both sides, we have $\frac{2.8\,\mu g}{A}=e^{2.782}=16.15$ Or $A= \frac{2.8\,\mu g}{16.15}=0.17\,\mu g$
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