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How many years would it take for 16 g of you u-238 to decay decay into 0.5 U-238 and 15.5 of daughter Products

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4.5 billion years

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Uranium-238 has a half-life of an incredible 4.5 billion years. Uranium-235 has a half-life of just over 700 million years. Uranium-234 has a half-life of 245,500 years, but it occurs only indirectly from the decay of U-238

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