The radium isotope 223 Ra, an alpha emitter, has a half-life of 11.43 days. You happen to
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The radium isotope 223Ra, an alpha emitter, has a half-life of 11.43 days. You happen to have a 1.0 g cube of 223Ra, so you decide to use it to boil water for tea. You fill a well insulated container with 100 mL of water at 18°C and drop in the cube of radium. How long will it take the water to boil?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0133942651
4th edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight
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