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alina1380 [7]
3 years ago
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Determine the activity of the sample of cerium when the sample was 20 seconds old

Physics
1 answer:
Gre4nikov [31]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

There are 3.779\times 10^{23} atoms when the sample of cerium is 20 seconds old.

Explanation:

The decay of isotopes is modelled after the following exponential expression:

N(t) = N_{o}\cdot e^{-\left(\frac{\ln 2}{t_{1/2}}\right)\cdot t } (1)

Where:

N_{o} - Initial number of atoms, dimensionless.

N(t) - Current number of atoms, dimensionless.

t - Time, measured in seconds.

t_{1/2} - Half-time, measured in seconds.

Now we clear the half-time within (1):

\ln \frac{N(t)}{N_{o}} = -\frac{t\cdot \ln 2}{t_{1/2}}

t_{1/2} = -\frac{t\cdot \ln 2}{\ln \frac{N(t)}{N_{o}} }

If we know that N_{o} = 5\times 10^{23}, N(t) = 2\times 10^{23} and t = 66\,s, then the half-life of the isotope is:

t_{1/2}=-\frac{(66\,s)\cdot \ln 2}{\ln \frac{2}{5} }

t_{1/2}\approx 49.927\,s

And the decay equation for the sample is described by:

N(t) = (5\times 10^{23})\cdot e^{-0.014\cdot t}

Lastly, if we get that t = 20\,s, then the activity of the sample of cerium is:

N(20) = (5\times 10^{23})\cdot e^{(-0.014)\cdot (20)}

N (20) \approx 3.779\times 10^{23}

There are 3.779\times 10^{23} atoms when the sample of cerium is 20 seconds old.

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