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gayaneshka [121]
3 years ago
9

Assume you have such a watch. if a minimum of 18.0% of the original tritium is needed to read the dial in dark places, for how m

any years could you read the time at night? assume first-order kinetics.
Mathematics
1 answer:
laila [671]3 years ago
5 0
Given that the half life of 3H is 12.3 years.

The amount of substance left of a radioactive substance with half life of t_{ \frac{1}{2} } after t years is given by

N(t)=N_0\left(\frac{1}{2} \right)^{ \frac{t}{t_{\frac{1}{2}} }

Therefore, the number of years it will take for 18% of the original tritinum to remain is given by

18 \% = 100 \% \left(\frac{1}{2} \right)^{ \frac{t}{12.3}} \\  \\ \Rightarrow\left(\frac{1}{2} \right)^{ \frac{t}{12.3}} =0.18 \\  \\ \Rightarrow\frac{t}{12.3}\ln\left(\frac{1}{2} \right)=\ln0.18 \\  \\ \Rightarrow\frac{t}{12.3}= \frac{\ln0.18}{\ln\left(\frac{1}{2} \right)} = \frac{-1.715}{-0.6931} =2.474\\ \\ \Rightarrow t=2.474(12.3)=30.4

Therefore, the number of <span>years that the time could be read at night is 30.4 years.</span>
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