Half-Life

isotopes
1. The half-life of Germanium-71 is 11.3 days. If the sample contained 600.0
grams, how much Germanium would remain after 33.9 days?

2. The half-life of Francium-221 is 4.8 minutes. how many grams of a 100.0

gram sample would be left after 9.6 minutes has elapsed?

3.The half-life of cesium-137 is 30.2 years. If the initial mass of the sample
is 800.0 grams, how long will it take to decay to 100.0 grams?

4. A sample of fossilized wood when alive would have contained 24 grams

of carbon-14. It now contains 3.0 grams. If the half-life of carbon-14 is
5730 years, how old is the sample?
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5. Osmium-182 has a half-life of 21.5 hours. How many grams of a 50.0 gram
sample would remain after exactly three half-lives?

6. When Uranium-234 undergoes alpha decay, it has a half-life of 4.80

years. how many years would it take for 7.3 grams Uranium-234 to remain
given an initial mass of 58.4 grams?

7. The half-life of phosphorus-32 is 14.3 days. What mass of a 90.0 gram

sample of phosphorus-32 will remain after 57.2 days?

8.If the half-life of substance Y is 4.5 years, how long would it take for
2.0 gram of substance Y to remain given an initial mass of 8.0 grams?
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9. Copper-64 has a half-life of 1.70 years. what mass of 54 grams of copper-
64 will remain after four half-lives?

10. If the half-life of substance x is 1.5 years, how long would it take for
3.0 grams of substance x to remain given an initial mass of 48 grams?

11.If Sodium-22 has a half-life of 2.60 years, what mass of 75.0 gram
sodium-22 will remain after 10.4 years?

12.Protactinium-231 undergoes alpha decay. If this decay has a half-life of

2 years, how many years would it take for 11.25 gram Protactinium-231 to
remain given an initial mass of 90.0 gram ?