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Radioactivity

Problem 6.225

A small amount of solution containing Na 24^{24} radionuclide with activity A=2.0103A=2.0 \cdot 10^{3} disintegrations per second was injected in the bloodstream of a man. The activity of 1 cm31 \mathrm{~cm}^{3} of blood sample taken t=5.0t=5.0 hours later turned out to be A=16A^{\prime}=16 disintegrations per minute per cm3\mathrm{cm}^{3}. The half-life of the radionuclide is T=15T=15 hours. Find the volume of the man's blood.

Reveal Answer
V=(A/A)exp(tln2/T)=6lV=\left(A / A^{\prime}\right) \exp (-t \ln 2 / T)=6 \mathrm{l}