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Rate of Radioactive Decay
21. Nuclear Chemistry / Rate of Radioactive Decay / Problem 3

Samarium-153 is used for palliative bone pain treatment. It has a half-life of 1.93 days and decays by beta emission. If the bone of a person undergoing treatment absorbs 46% of the administered samarium, how long will it take for the concentration of the absorbed samarium to decay to 0.05% of the original amount?

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