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A human body excretes (removes by waste discharge, sweating etc) certain materials by a law similar to radioactivity. If technetium is injected in some form in a human body, the body excretes half the amount in 24 hours. A patient is given an injection containing 99Tc. This isotope is radioactive with a half-life of 6 hours. The activity from the body just after the injection is 6 μ Ci. How much time will elapse before the activity falls to 3 μ Ci ?

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A human body excretes (removes by waste discharge, sweating etc) certain materials by a law similar to radioactivity. If technetium is injected in some form in a human body, the body excretes half the amount in 24 hours. A patient is given an injection containing 99Tc. This isotope is radioactive with a half-life of 6 hours. The activity from the body just after the injection is 6 μ Ci. How much time will elapse before the activity falls to 3 μ Ci ?



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