Solution: Strontium-90, a radioactive isotope, is a major

Chapter 13, Problem 13.116

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Strontium-90, a radioactive isotope, is a major product of an atomic bomb explosion. It has a halflife of 28.1 yr. (a) Calculate the first-order rate constant for the nuclear decay. (b) Calculate the fraction of 90Sr that remains after 10 half-lives. (c) Calculate the number of years required for 99.0 percent of 90Sr to disappear.

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