Strontium is chemically similar to calcium and can replace calcium in bones. The radiation from 90Sr can damage bone marrow where blood cells are produced, and lead to serious health problems. How long would it take for all but 0.01% of a sample of 90Sr to decay? The decay constant for 90Sr is λ = 0.024 yr-1

You have a sample of unknown medication that is radioactive. You believe you should be able to identify the medication if you can deduce its half-life. You measure its initial activity as 2.30e+06 Bq. 10.4 hours later you measure its activity as 8.10e+05 Bq. a) What is the half-life of this unknown sample? hour b) How many nuclides are present when the activity is 8.10e+05 Bq?

iodine 131 has a half life of 8.04 days if you start with a radioactivr I 131 sample having an activity equal to 40 microci after how long is the activity going to be 4cmicroci

Mantles for gas lanterns contain thorium, because it forms an oxide that can survive being heated to incandescence for long periods of time. Natural thorium is almost 100% 232Th, with a half-life of 1.405 x 10¹0 y. If an average lantern mantle contains 270 mg of thorium, what is its activity (in Bq)? XBq t

A piece of charcoal used for cooking is found at the remains of an ancient campsite. A 1.19 kg sample of carbon from the wood has an activity of 2340 decays per minute. Find the age of the charcoal. Living mate- rial has an activity of 15 decays/minute per gram of carbon present and the half-life of 14C is 5730 y. Answer in units of y.

The half-life of 30P is 2.50 minutes. If a sample of 30P has 1.60 x 1010 nuclei present initially, after 10.0 minutes how many remain?

The decay chain of uranium includes radon, a noble gas. When uranium in the soil decays to radon, it may seep into houses; this can be a significant source of radiation exposure. Most of the exposure comes from the decay products of radon, but some comes from alpha decay of the radon itself. If radon in the air in your home is at the maximum permissible level, the gas in your lungs will have an activity of about 0.22 Bq. Each decay generates an alpha particle with 5.5 MeV of energy, and essentially all that energy is deposited in lung tissue. Part A Over the course of 1 year, what will be the dose equivalent in Sv to the approximately 0.90 kg mass of your lungs? Express your answer in millisieverts per year. ΕΧΕΙ ΑΣΦ dose equivalent = ? mSv/yr