A sample of sodium phosphate, Na 3 PO 4 , weighing 32.4 mg contains radioactive phosphorus-32 (with

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A sample of sodium phosphate, Na3PO4, weighing 32.4 mg contains radioactive phosphorus-32 (with mass 32.0 amu). If 22.3% of the phosphorus atoms in the compound is phosphorus-32 (the remainder is naturally occurring phosphorus), how many disintegrations of this nucleus occur per second in this sample? Phosphorus-32 has a half-life of 14.3 d.

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General Chemistry

ISBN: 9781305580343

11th Edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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