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    The amount of a radioactive isotope originally present can be calculated by doubling the amount now present in the sample the same number of times as the number of half-lives that have passed.

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    HALFLIFE

    __________

    Rate of Decay

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    HalfLife

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    Radioactive Dating __________

    __________

    Stable Isotope

    __________

    __________

    Unstable Isotope

    __________

    Key: ( ) = You know the topic very well ( + ) = Your familiar with the topic

    ( 0 ) = You've never heard of the topic

    Half--Life Statements Modern Chemistry ( pg. 708 --> 711 )

    Directions: Place a check mark ( ) next to the statement that you agree with or leave the space blank if you disagree with the statement.

    _____ ( 1 ) All Radioactive isotopes decay at the same rate.

    _____ ( 2 ) The time that is required for 1/2 of the nuclide to decay is known as it's half-life.

    _____ ( 3 ) Carbon dating is a process used to date an object, given the half-life, where the carbon12 isotope is used.

    _____ ( 4 ) The age of an object can be determined by multiplying the

    number of half-lives that have passed by the half-life of the object.

    _____ ( 5 ) The amount of a radioactive isotope originally present can be calculated by doubling the amount now present in the sample the same number of times as the number of half-lives that have passed.

    _____ ( 6 ) As you know, Co-60 is used as a medical tracer. If a person was injected with a solution containing 8 grams of Co-60 ( halflife of Co-60 is 10.5 min. ) it would remain in the persons system for about a half hour.

    HALF-LIFE PROBLEMS
    1. The half-life of radon-222 is 3.824 days. After what time will one-fourth of a given amount of radon remain? 7.648 days

    2. Assuming a half-life of 1599 years, how many years will be needed for the decay of 15/16 of a given amount of radium-226? 6396 yrs.

    3. The half-life of cobalt-60 is 10.47 min. How many milligrams of cobalt-60 remain after 104.7 min. if you start with 10.0 mg? 9.8 x 10-3 mg

    4. The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.46 x 109 years. If 4.46 x 109 years ago a sample contained 4.0 mg of uranium-238, how many milligrams of uranium-238 does the sample contain today? 2.0 mg

    5. The half-life of polonium-218 is 3.0 min. If you start with 16 mg, how long will it be before only 1.0 mg remains? 12 min.

    6. How much of a 100.0 g sample of 198Au is left after 8.10 days if its half-life is 2.70 days? 12.5 g 7. What is the half-life of I-131 if a 16 mg sample decays to 0.5 mg in 40.1 days? 8.02days

    8. What is the half-life of polonium-210 if a 2 mg sample decays to 0.12 mg in 553.6 days? 138.4 days

    9. The half-life of radium-224 is 3.66 days. What was the original mass of this radioactive isotope if 1.2 mg remains after 10.98 days? 9.6 mg

    10. In 1978, a 200-gram sample of cobalt-60 was buried in the Yucca Mountains, just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. How much of this sample is present in 2009? The half-life of cobalt-60 is 5.23 years. 3.125 g

    11. What is the half-life of 99Tc if a 500 g sample decays to 62.5 g in 639,000 years? 2.13 x 105 years

    12. There are 5.0 g of 131I left after 40.35 days. How many grams were in the original sample if its half-life is 8.07 days? 160 g

    13. The half-life of 42K is 12.4 hours. What was the original mass of potassium-42 if a 23.4 g sample remains after 62.0 hours? 748.8 g Name_________________________ Period_______ Date____________

    HALF-LIFE PROBLEMS
    1. The half-life of plutioium-239 is 24,119 years. Of an original mass of 100 grams, how much remains after 96,440 years?

    2. The half-life of 232Th is 1.4 x 1010 years. If there are 25.0 g of the sample left after 2.8 x 1010 years, how many grams were in the original sample?

    3. The half-life of thorium-227 is 18.72 days. How many days are required

    for three-fourths of a given amount to decay?

    3. A 50.0 g sample of 16N decays to 12.5 g in 14.4 seconds. What is its half-life?

    4. How many milligrams remain of a 15.0 mg sample of radium-226 after 6,396 years? The half-life of radium-226 is 1,599 years.

    5. The half-life of thorium-234 is 24.1 days. How much time must pass for one-eighth of a given amount of this radioactive isotope to remain?

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