Radioactive gold-198 is used in the diagnosis of liver problems. The half-life of this isotope is 2.7 days. If you begin with a sample of 8.6 mg of the isotope, how much of this sample remains after 1.4 days?

6.1 mg

Explanation:

Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:

where,

k = rate constant

t = age of sample

a = let initial amount of the reactant

a - x = amount left after decay process  

a) for completion of half life:

Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.

b) sample remains after 1.4 days

The sample remains after 1.4 days is 6.1 mg

b. atoms in metallic solids are not arranged in a regular pattern

explanation: