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2. If the half-life of Francium-233 is 22 minutes, how much time must elapse in order for 60 grams of a 64 gram sample to undergo deca
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2. If the half-life of Francium-233 is 22 minutes, how much time must elapse in order for 60 grams of a 64 gram
sample to undergo decay? In other words, after how many minutes will you only have 4 grams of the original isotope
remaining?
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Answer:
88 minutes
Explanation:
64 g —> 32g —> 16g —> 8 g —> 4 g
So in total, we have 4 half lives to reach 4.0 g
therefore, 4 x 22 minutes = 88 minutes