Radioactive Decay
 

Radioactive Decay problem 10


Some water becomes contaminated with radioactive iodine-131 (). The activity of the iodine-131 in of this water is . The half-life of iodine-131 is 8.1 days.


  • Define radioactive half-life.


    • Calculate the number of iodine-131 atoms in of this water.


    • An amount of of water has a mass of . Calculate the ratio




  • An acceptable limit for the activity of iodine-131 in water has been set as . Calculate the time, in days, for the activity of the contaminated water to be reduced to this acceptable level.


 

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