11. Nuclear Chemistry
Radioactive Half-Life
11. Nuclear Chemistry
Radioactive Half-Life
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- Multiple Choice
The half-life of arsenic-74 is about 18 days. If a sample initially contains 100.00 mg arsenic-74, what mass (in mg) would be left after 72 days?
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The half-life of iodine-131, an isotope used in thyroid therapy, is 8.021 days. What percentage of iodine-131 remains in a sample that is estimated to be 40.11 days old?
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What is the concentration of a CO2 in a container after 4 half-lives if 0.325 mol of CO2 is initially placed into a 5.0 L reaction vessel?
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What is the half-life of the radioisotope that shows the following plot of remaining percentage vs. time?
282views - Textbook QuestionWhat is wrong with the following decay curve? Explain.514views
- Textbook QuestionFor each of the following, indicate if the number of half-lives elapsed is: 1. one half-life 2. two half-lives 3. three half-lives c. a sample of Au-198 with a half-life of 2.7 days after 5.4 days212views
- Textbook QuestionStrontium-85, used for bone scans, has a half-life of 65 days. b. How long will it take for the radiation level of strontium-85 to drop to one-eighth of its original level?501views
- Textbook QuestionFluorine-18, which has a half-life of 110 min, is used in PET scans. b. If 100. mg of fluorine-18 is shipped at 8:00 a.m., how many milligrams of the radioisotope are still active when the sample arrives at the radiology laboratory at 1:30 p.m.?374views1rank