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16 January, 07:07

Iodine-131 is a radioactive isotope. after 9.00 days, 46.0% of a sample of 131i remains. what is the half-life of 131i?

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  1. 16 January, 10:08
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    For this problem, we use the integrated rate law for first order radioactive decay which is expressed as follows:

    An = Aoe^-kt

    where An is the amount left after time t, Ao is the initial amount and k is a constant.

    We need to calculate first the value of k from the given ration An/Ao and the time it reached that ration. We do as follows:

    An = Aoe^-kt

    0.46 = e^-k (9)

    k = 0.0863 / day

    At half life, the remaining substance would be equal to one-half of the original so that An/Ao would be equal to 1/2 or 0.50. We calculate the half-life as follows:

    An = Aoe^-kt

    0.50 = e^-0.0863 (t)

    t = 8.03 days
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