1. A radioactive sample with a half-life of 3hrs contains 25-mCi radioactivity. The radioactivity of the sample after 9 days days would be?
2.1. A sample of material contains 1 microgram of iodine-131. Note that, iodine-131 plays a major role as a radioactive isotope present in nuclear and it a major contributor to the health hazards when released into the atmosphere during an accident. Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8.02 days.
a)The number of iodine-131 atoms initially present.
b)The activity of the iodine-131 in curies.
c)The number of iodine-131 atoms that will remain in 50 days.
d)The time it will take for the activity to reach 0.1 mCi.
1. 9 days = 924 = 216 hours, which 72 half-life periods
The activity will be
2.
a) 1 microgram is g; the number of atoms is
b) The activity of iodine-131 per gram is known to be 125,000 curie; thus, the activity of 1 mg is curie
c) 50 days is half-life periods
The activity will be curie
d)
or = 35.8 days
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