Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 32 - Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1153: 29

Answer

$0.181 d^{-1}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the decay constant for radon as follows: $T_{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\ln 2}{\lambda}$ This can be rearranged as: $\lambda=\frac{\ln 2}{T_{\frac{1}{2}}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\lambda=\frac{\ln 2}{3.82d}$ $\lambda=0.181 d^{-1}$
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