The uranium isotope 234 U accounts for 0.0054% of naturally occurring uranium. Its half-life 1/2 (

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The uranium isotope 234U accounts for 0.0054% of naturally occurring uranium. Its half-life τ1/2 (234U) =2.455 × 105 y is much too short for any primordial 234U to still exist on Earth. Explain why 234U occurs naturally and explain its fractional abundance. Use the result of Problem 17.22.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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