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Question 1

The half-life of 131I is 8.04 days. Three days after it was prepared, its activity was 0.50 μCi. How many curies (in μCi) were initially prepared?

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.60

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.70

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.65

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.55

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.39


Question 2

The isotope, tritium, has a half-life of 12.3 years. Assume we have 10 kg of the substance. What will be the disintegration constant (in s−1)?

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5.6 × 10−2

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5.6 × 108

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3.2 × 107

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1.8 × 10−9

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1.6 × 106
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