Radioactive nuclei

Question-

A sample of a radioactive isotope is found to have an activity of 115 Bq immediately after it is pulled from the reactor that formed it. Its activity 2 hours and 15 minutes later is measured to be 85.2 Bq.

a) Calculate the decay constant and the half-life of the sample.

b) How many radioactive nuclei were there in the sample initially?

Posted Date: 3/10/2014 6:50:50 PM | Location : United Kingdom(UK)

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