Radioactive Decay
 

Radioactive Decay problem 7


The element strontium has at least 16 isotopes. One of these isotopes is strontium-89. This isotope has a half-life of 52 days.


  • State what is meant by isotopes.


  • Calculate the probability per second of decay of a nucleus of strontium-89.


  • A laboratory prepares a strontium-89 source. The activity of this source is measured 21 days after preparation of the source and is found to be . Determine, for the strontium-89 source at the time that it was prepared,


    • the activity,


    • the mass of strontium-89.


 

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