The half-life for Americium-241 is ______432 years__________. ? A smoke detector requires about 0.3 micrograms of Americium-241 to work properly.   How many half-lives have passed after 100 years? ______.2315____________ HL ? If a particular smoke detector originally contains about 1 microgram of Americium-241, does it contain enough radioactive material to function properly after 100 years? Explain.

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A: We have given that  Half life of Uranium-234 = t1/2 = 2.47×105 years [N]0 = 72.4 μg  [N]t = 9.05 μg…

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Q: 3. The isotope 212Bi has a half-life of 1.01 yr. What mass, in mg, of a 2.00 mg sample will remain…

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.