A radioactive isotope of mercury, 197Hg, decays to gold, 197Au, with a disintegration constant of 0.0108 6-t.

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A radioactive isotope of mercury, 197Hg, decays to gold, 197Au, with a disintegration constant of 0.0108 6-t.

(a) Calculate the half-life of the 167Hg. What fraction of a sample will remain at the end of?

(b) Three half-lives and

(c) 10.0 days?

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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