Asked by danny
Radioactive waste is difficult to dispose of due to the long time periods needed before the radiation effectively disappears. The US protocol is to store the waste for 10 half-lives of the material after which the waste is no longer considered radioactive. After this time, very little of the original chemical remains. Assume you conducted an experiment with 1.00 g of carbon-14 that has a half-life of 5730 years. How much radioactive carbon-14 will remain when your waste is considered not radioactive? Report the answer in milligrams.
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Answered by
DrBob222
1/2^10 = ?
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