Potassium has a chemical atomic mass

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A 70 kg human body typically contains 140 g of potassium. Potassium has a chemical atomic mass of 39.1 u and has three naturally occurring isotopes. One of those isotopes, 40^K, is radioactive with a half-life of 1.3 billion years and a natural abundance of 0.012%. Each 40^K decay deposits, on average, 1.0 MeV of energy into the body. What yearly dose in Gy does the typical person receive from the decay of 40^K in the body?

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