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Half-Life Calculation Problems

The document contains 10 problems involving calculating the amount of radioactive material remaining after a given amount of time based on the half-life, or calculating the half-life based on the amount remaining after a given time. The problems involve isotopes such as zinc-71, palladium-100, osmium-182, iodine-131, fermium-253, tungsten-187, and tritium.

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Half-Life Calculation Problems

The document contains 10 problems involving calculating the amount of radioactive material remaining after a given amount of time based on the half-life, or calculating the half-life based on the amount remaining after a given time. The problems involve isotopes such as zinc-71, palladium-100, osmium-182, iodine-131, fermium-253, tungsten-187, and tritium.

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Problem #1: The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.4 minutes. If one had 100.

0 g at the
beginning, how many grams would be left after 7.2 minutes has elapsed?

Problem #2: Pd-100 has a half-life of 3.6 days. If one had 6.02 x 1023 atoms at the
start, how many atoms would be present after 20.0 days?

Problem #3: Os-182 has a half-life of 21.5 hours. How many grams of a 10.0 gram
sample would have decayed after exactly three half-lives?

Problem #4: After 24.0 days, 2.00 milligrams of an original 128.0 milligram sample
remain. What is the half-life of the sample?

Problem #5: A radioactive isotope decayed to 17/32 of its original mass after 60
minutes. Find the half-life of this radioisotope.

Problem #6: How long will it take for a 40.0 gram sample of I-131 (half-life = 8.040
days) to decay to 1/100 its original mass?

Problem #7: Fermium-253 has a half-life of 0.334 seconds. A radioactive sample is


considered to be completely decayed after 10 half-lives. How much time will elapse
for this sample to be considered gone?

Problem #8: At time zero, there are 10.0 grams of W-187. If the half-life is 23.9
hours, how much will be present at the end of one day? Two days? Seven days?

Problem #9: 100.0 grams of an isotope with a half-life of 36.0 hours is present at time
zero. How much time will have elapsed when 5.00 grams remains?

Problem #10: How much time will be required for a sample of H-3 to lose 75% of its
radioactivity? The half-life of tritium is 12.26 years.

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