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Phosphorus-32 has a half-life of 14.0 days Starting with 4.00 g of 2P how many grams will remain after 112 days?

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You'll be left with 0.25 g of phosphorus-32. The nuclear half-life of a radioactive isotope expresses the time needed for a sample of that isotope to reach half of its initial value. In your case, regardless with how much phosphorus-32 you start with, you'll be left with half of that initial mass after 14.0 days.

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