Multiple Choice
The radiochemist, Will I. Glow, studied thorium-232 and found that 2.82 × 10-7 moles emitted 8.42 × 106 particles in one year. What is the decay constant for thorium-232?
A) 3.35 × 10-14 yr-1
B) 4.96 × 10-11 yr-1
C) 1.40 × 1010 yr-1
D) 2.99 × 1013 yr-1
E) none of the above
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