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A sample of plutonium-240 decays

Suppose you had a detection device that could count every decay event from a radioactive sample of plutonium-239.052156 (t1/2 is
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You want to heat a satellite by radioactive decay of 238 plutonium. Assume you need heating of 200 Watts (J/s), how many
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The half-life of plutonium-238 is 87.7 years.What percentage of the atoms in a sample of plutonium-238 will remain radioactive
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a.) How much energy is emitted in each alpha decay of plutonium-234 if 234Pu, 234.0433mu and 230U, 230.0338mu.b.) The half-life
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Please answer the following THAT I CAN'T!!!Where is Plutonium found? How common is Plutonium in nature? What does Plutonium look
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A sample of plutonium-240 decays according to the modelN(t)=23.89e−0.000106t where N(t) is the amount remaining in grams and t
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Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24 000 years. What percent of plutonium-239 remains after 10 000 years? (Answer=74.9%)AND After
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The amount A in grams of radioactive plutonium remaining in a 20-gram sample after t days is given by the formula
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The amount A(gms) of radioactive plutonium remaining in a 20gm sample after t days is given by: A = 20 * (1/2)^t/140At what rate
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The plutonium phase diagram is shown below. Solid phases A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are present under various condition of
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