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myrzilka [38]
3 years ago
6

1) A substance has a half life of 20 years. what percentage would be left after 40 years?

Physics
1 answer:
Umnica [9.8K]3 years ago
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1) The half-life is the time required for a substance to reduce to half its initial value. In formulas:
\frac{m(t)}{m_0}  = ( \frac{1}{2} )^{t/t_{1/2}} (1)
where
m(t) is the amount of substance left at time t
m0 is the initial mass
t_{1/2} is the half-life

In this problem, the half-life of the substance is 20 years:
t_{1/2} = 20 y
therefore, the fraction of sample left after t=40 years will be
\frac{m(t)}{m_0}=( \frac{1}{2})^ \frac{40 y}{20 y}  = ( \frac{1}{2})^2 =  \frac{1}{4}

So, only 1/4 of the original sample will be left, which corresponds to 25%.

2) We can use again formula (1), by re-arranging it:
m_0 =  \frac{m(t)} {( \frac{1}{2} )^{ \frac{t}{t_{1/2} }}}
If we use m(t)=10 g (mass of uranium left at time t), and t=4 t_{1/2} (the time is equal to 4 half lifes), we get
m_0 =  \frac{10 g}{ (\frac{1}{2})^4 } =16 \cdot 10 g = 160 g
So, the initial sample of uranium was 160 g.
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