the rate of electron emission from 4mg of 210Pb80 with half life 5 days is
answer is 1.84×10^13
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Expert's answer
2021-09-07T14:07:24-0400
The rate of electron emission dtdN is proportional to the number of nucleus N in sample, accoring to the decay law (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_decay#Universal_law):
∣∣dtdN∣∣=λN
where λ=Tln2, where T=5days=432000s is the half life of 210Pb80.
The number of nuclei in sample with mass m=4mg=0.004g is given as follows:
N=Mm⋅NA
where M=210molg is the molar mass of Pb, and NA≈6.022×1023mol−1 is the Avogadro number. Putting it all together, obtain:
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