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KATRIN_1 [288]
2 years ago
14

Indium-116 is radioactive and has a half life of 14.10 seconds. How long would it take a sample to decay from 7.70 mg to 900 µg.

Chemistry
1 answer:
lord [1]2 years ago
3 0

Answer: 43.73 seconds

Explanation:

Half-life of indium = 14.10 sec

First we have to calculate the rate constant, we use the formula :

k=\frac{0.693}{t_\frac{1}{2}}

k=\frac{0.693}{14.10}=0.0491sec^{-1}

Now we have to calculate the age of the sample:

Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:

t=\frac{2.303}{k}\log\frac{a}{a-x}

where,

k = rate constant  

t = age of sample = ?

a = initial amount of the reactant = 7.70 mg= 7700\mug  

 (1mg=1000\mug

a - x = amount left after decay process = 900\mug

Now put all the given values in above equation, we get

 t=\frac{2.303}{0.0491}\log\frac{7700}{900}

t=43.73sec

Thus it would take 43.73 seconds sample to decay from 7.70 mg to 900 µg.

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