Question
If in August 1911 Mme. Curie prepared an international standard containing
20.00 mg of RaCl2, what will the radium content of this standard be in August 2010?
20.00 mg of RaCl2, what will the radium content of this standard be in August 2010?
Answers
bobpursley
Halflife of radium 222 is 1601 years.
content=20mg*e^(-ln2*t/1601) and t= 99 years
content= 20.00 e^(-4.286E-2)=1.168 check that.
content=20mg*e^(-ln2*t/1601) and t= 99 years
content= 20.00 e^(-4.286E-2)=1.168 check that.
Massiel
Thanks!