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Physics, 08.07.2019 23:30 chubbyxturtle

Gthe radioactive isotope americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. it has a rate constant for radioactive decay of 1.6 × 10-3 yr-1 . by contrast, iodine-125, which is used to test for thyroid functioning, has a rate constant for radioactive decay of 1.1 × 10-2 day-1 . (i) what are the half-lives of these two isotopes ? (ii) which one decays at a faster rate ? (iii) how much of a 1.00 mg sample of each isotope remains after three half-lives ?

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