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Suppose a laboratory has 26g sample of polonium-210. The half life of polonium is about 138 days.how many half lives of polonium 210 occur in 276 days? How much polonium is is in the sample 276 days later?
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Suppose a laboratory has 26g sample of polonium-210. The half life of polonium is about 138 days.how many half lives of polonium 210 occur in 276 days? How much polonium is is in the sample 276 days later?

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138 * 2 = 276 days which equals TWO half-lives.After 2 half-lives a radioactive sample will have one quarter of its mass remaining. Therefore, after 276 days, there will be 6.5 grams remaining.

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