The first radioactive element discovered by Polish physicist Marie Curie was radium-226. It has a halflife of

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The first radioactive element discovered by Polish physicist Marie Curie was radium-226. It has a halflife of 1700 years. Suppose you obtained a microgram of pure 226Ra. How long would you have to wait before the number of decays per second from this sample fell to 104?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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