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A sample of radioactive iodine-131 is found to have an activity level of 4X10^-6 curies and a half-life of 8 days. HOw much time must pass before the activity level of the radioactive waste drops to 2.
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A sample of radioactive iodine-131 is found to have an activity level of 4X10^-6 curies and a half-life of 8 days. HOw much time must pass before the activity level of the radioactive waste drops to 2.5 X10^-5 curies?

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Answer:Iodine 131 Half Life Graph

As an example, iodine-131 is a radioisotope with a half-life of 8 days. It decays by beta particle emission into xenon-131.

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10.3: Half-Life.

Nuclide Half-Life (t1/2) Decay Mode

Iodine-131 8.07 days β−

Nitrogen-16 7.2 seconds β−

Phosphorus-32 14.3 days β−

Plutonium-239 24,100 years α

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