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Nuclear Reactions and Half Life Sample Problems

  1. N-13 has a half life of ten minutes. If you start with 2 grams, how much remains after 40 minutes?
  2. After 10.4 hours, you have 0.625 mg remaining of an original 10 mg sample of Mn-56. What is its half-life?

  3. problem 1

  4. problem 2

  5. problem 3

  6. problem 4

  7. problem 5

  8. problem 6

  9. problem 7

  10. problem 8

  11. problem 9

  12. problem 10

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