Sustainable Energy
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781133108689
Author: Richard A. Dunlap
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 3P
A sample of 137Cs (half-life = 30.1 years) decays at a rate of 1010 decays per second. How long will it take the decay rate to decrease to 107 decays per second?
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