Technetium-99 is used as a radioisotope in a variety of medical applications . if a patient...

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Technetium-99 is used as a radioisotope in a variety of medicalapplications . if a patient receives a dosage of 6.00 mg at 8 am onthursday , then how much would remain at 4pm on friday afternoon?the half life of Tc-99 is 6.0 hours.

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Radio active decay is a first order reaction For first order reaction half life t12 0693 k where k is rate constant k 0693 t12    See Answer
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