Calculations and determine the half-life

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Technitium-99 is ised to image internal organs in patients, and is most often used to assess heart damage.It decays by gamma emission. The rate constant, k, for Tc-99 is 0.116 h-1. (a)Show your calculations and determine the half-life of Tc-99 (in hours). (b)The delivery of a sample of Tc-99 from the reactor to the nuclear medicine lab of the hospital takes 3h. What is the minimum amount of Tc-99 that must be shipped in order for the lab to receive 10.0 mg?

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