Nuclear decay for radioactive sources


Assignment:

Question 1. Three radioactive sources each have activities of 1.0 micro Curies (Ci) at t=0. Their half lives are 1 sec, 1 hour and 1 day respectively

a.) How many radioactive nuclei are present at each source when t=0

b.) How many nuclei of each source decay between t=0 and t=1sec

c.) How many nuclei of each source decay between t=0 and t=1hour

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