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Radium-226 has a half-life of 1,600 years. How many grams of an 88 gram sample of radium-226 would remain after 4,800 years?
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Radium-226 has a half-life of 1,600 years. How many grams of an 88 gram sample of radium-226

would remain after 4,800 years?

Radium-226 has a half-life of 1,600 years. How many grams of an 88 gram sample of-example-1
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Radium-226 Decay Chain: Radium-226 (1600 year half life) yields an alpha particle and Radon-222; Radon-222 (3.82 day half life) yields an alpha particle and Polonium-218; Polonium-218 (3.05 minute half life) yields an alpha particle and Lead-214; Lead-214 (26.8 minute half life) yields a beta particle and Bismuth-214; ...

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