In the early 1960s radioactive strontium90 was released duri
In the early 1960s, radioactive strontium-90 was released during atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and got into the bones of people alive at the time. If the half-life of strontium-90 is 30 years, what fraction of the strontium-90 absorbed in 1963 remained in people\'s bones in 2004?
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Solution
k = ln2 /t-halflife = 0.023 Fraction remaining = e^-41k = 0.389 Fraction absorbed = 0.611