Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 22 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Rates of Decay - Page 885: 61

Answer

280 years.

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 $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{28\,y}=0.02475\,y^{-1}$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ $\implies \ln(\frac{100}{0.1})=6.9=0.02475\,y^{-1} \times t$ Or $t= \frac{6.9}{0.02475\,y^{-1} }=280\,y$
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