Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 22 - Nuclear Chemistry - Exercises - Rates of Decay - Page 885: 62

Answer

$1.95\times10^{4} \,y$

Work Step by Step

Amount of radionuclide at the beginning $A_{0}=8.50\,\mu g$ Amount of radionuclide remaining $A=0.80\,\mu g$ Rate constant $k=\frac{0.693}{t_{1/2}}=\frac{0.693}{5730\,y}=1.21\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1}$ $\ln(\frac{A_{0}}{A})=kt$ where $t$ is the age. $\implies \ln(\frac{8.50}{0.80})=2.36321=(1.21\times10^{-4}\,y^{-1})\times t$ Or $t= \frac{2.36321}{1.21\times10^{-4}y^{-1}}=1.95\times10^{4} \,y$
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