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  • 10-11-2017
  • Chemistry
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Calculate the percent activity of the radioactive isotope strontium-89 remaining after 5 half-lives.

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andriansp andriansp
  • 21-11-2017
The answer to this question would be: 3.125%

Half-life is the time needed for a radioactive molecule to decay half of its mass. In this case, the strontium-89 is already gone past 5 half lives. Then, the percentage of the mass left after 5 half-lives should be:
100%*(1/2^5)= 100%/32=3..125%
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