It would take 147 hours for 320 g of the sample to decay to 2.5 grams from the information provided.
Radioactivity refers to the decay of a nucleus leading to the spontaneous emission of radiation. The half life of a radioactive nucleus refers to the time required for the nucleus to decay to half of its initial amount.
Looking at the table, we can see that the initial mass of radioactive material present is 186 grams, within 21 hours, the radioactive substance decayed to half of its initial mass (93 g). Hence, the half life is 21 hours.
Using the formula;
k = 0.693/t1/2
k = 0.693/21 hours = 0.033 hr-1
Using;
N=Noe^-kt
N = mass of radioactive sample at time t
No = mass of radioactive sample initially present
k = decay constant
t = time taken
Substituting values;
2.5/320= e^- 0.033 t
0.0078 = e^- 0.033 t
ln (0.0078) = 0.033 t
t = ln (0.0078)/-0.033
t = 147 hours
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The temperature stays the same when a solid changes to a liquid because energy is required to break the forces between particles of water therefore changing the state of matter and separating the particles away from each other.
When a liquid boils, the energy is needed by the particles to escape the surface of the liquid and boil. Instead of raising the temperature, the energy goes into the particles' kinetic energy store so it has enough speed to escape the surface of the liquid.
Both of them have high electronegativity. Hence they both tend to gain electrons to gain stability.
