A radioactive isotope of mercury, 197Hg, decays to gold,

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A radioactive isotope of mercury, 197Hg, decays to gold, 197Au, with a disintegration constant of 0.0108 h#1 . (a) Calculate the half-life of the 197Hg.What fraction of a sample will remain at the end of (b) three half-lives and (c) 10.0 days?

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