Answer to Question #48321 in Chemistry for Courtney

Question #48321

Fermium-253 has a half life of 0.334 seconds. A radioactive sample is considered to be completely decayed after 10 half lives. How much time will elapse for this sample to be considered gone?

Expert's answer

Therequired time is 0.334*10 = 3.34 seconds.

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