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  • 22-05-2020
  • Chemistry
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The half life of radium-226 is 1600 years. How many grams of a 0.25g sample will remain
after 4800 years?​

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Xema8 Xema8
  • 27-05-2020

Answer:

Explanation:

half life = 1600 years .

m = M  x [tex]( \frac{1}{2} )^n[/tex]

m is mass of the radioactive object after n half lives , M is original mass.

n = 4800 / 1600

= 4

Putting the valus of n and M we have

m = .25 x [tex]( \frac{1}{2} )^3[/tex]

= .03125 g .

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