A sample of sodium thiosulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 3 , weighing 43.6 mg contains radioactive

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A sample of sodium thiosulfate, Na2S2O3, weighing 43.6 mg contains radioactive sulfur-35 (with mass 35.0 amu). If 22.3% of the sulfur atoms in the compound is sulfur-35 (the remainder is naturally occurring sulfur), how many disintegrations of this nucleus occur per second in this sample? Sulfur-35 has a half-life of 87.9 d.

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General Chemistry

ISBN: 9781305580343

11th Edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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