What is a half-life?

Chemistry

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Travka [436]2 years ago

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An interesting and useful aspect of radioactive decay is half-life, which is the amount of time it takes for one-half of a radioactive isotope to decay. The half-life of a specific radioactive isotope is constant; it is unaffected by coTnditions and is independent of the initial amount of that isotope.

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10. A small gold nugget has volume of 0.87 cm3. What is its mass if the density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3?

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Answer:

16.791 grams

Explanation:

The density formula is:

$d=\frac{m}{v}$

Rearrange the formula for m, the mass. Multiply both sides of the equation by v.

$d*v=\frac{m}{v}*v$

$d*v=m$

The mass of the gold nugget can be found by multiplying the density and volume. The density is 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter and the volume is 0.87 cubic centimeters.

$d= 19.3 g/cm^3\\v-0.87 cm^3$