A sample of carbon-15 initially contains 500,000 undecayed nuclei. The decay constant for this isotope of carbon

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A sample of carbon-15 initially contains 500,000 undecayed nuclei. The decay constant for this isotope of carbon is 0.30 s−1. Calculate the initial activity of the sample.

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Cambridge International AS And A Level Physics Coursebook

ISBN: 9781108859035

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Authors: David Sang, Graham Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Richard Woodside

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