Co-60 has a half life of 10.48 minutes. How long will it take for the isotope to decay to 1/64th of its original quantity?

Chemistry

1 answer:

madreJ [45]3 years ago

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Answer:

The answer to your question is: 62.88 min

Explanation:

Data

Co - 60

half-life = 10.48 min

decay = 1/64 th

Process

2 1 half life 1/2 10.48

3 2 half life 1/4 20.96

4 3 half life 1/8 31.44

5 4 half life 1/16 41.92

6 5 half life 1/32 52.4

7 6 half life 1/64 62.88

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