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If pure polonium-210 (k = 5.02 × 10−3 day−1) were used in a crime, based on radioactive disintegration alone, how long would it take for half the original isotope to disappear?
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2.9 years |
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69.3 hours |
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1.44 × 103 minutes |
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210 years |
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138 days |
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