Radiopharmaceutical source 1 Radiopharmaceutical source

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0 1250 7.1308988302964 0
15 1215 7.1024993557747 1
30 1180 7.0732697174597 2
45 1146 7.0440328972747 3
60 1114 7.0157124204872 4
120 992 6.8997231072849 6
240 788 6.6694980898579 12
600 500 6.2146080984222 36
800 370 5.9135030056383 168
1440 78 4.3567088266896

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 Radiopharmaceutical source 2 Recall:
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The number of radioactive nuclei present at time t (Nt)
900 6.802394763
is proportional to the level of radioactivity of the
892 6.793466133 source. Hence the radioactive decay law can also be
884 6.784457063 represented by
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At = A0e-λt
868 6.766191715
852 6.747586527 where:
809 6.695798917 At = the activity of the sample at time t
654 6.483107351 A0 = the initial activity of the sample that is the activity
at t = 0
202 5.308267697 λ = decay constant

where:
λ = ln(2) /t1/2
t1/2 = radioactive half life

y = a eb x
log(y) = log(a eb x) = log(a) + log(eb x) = log(a) + b x.

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