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(ii) Radium has a half-life of 1.6 x 10 years. What is its decay constant?
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(iii) For a sample of 5.0 x 10 radium nuclei at time zero, what is its activity?
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(iv) Write down the equation showing the decay of Ra that produces both alpha
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