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A series of whole-body counts indicated that a worker had a bodyburden of 18 microCi of Na-24 which was cleared from his body witheffective half-life of 12 hours. Calculate: a. The biologicalhalf-life b. Cumulative activity c. Dose to the whole body

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a The biological halflife of a biologicalsubstance is the time it takes for half to be removed by biologicalprocesses Na24 was cleared from his body with effective halflifeof 12 hours Hence the biological halflife is approximately 12hoursb 1 curie 37x1010 radioactive decays per secondhence 18 microCi    See Answer
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