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diff --git a/3845/CH31/EX31.6/Ex31_6.sce b/3845/CH31/EX31.6/Ex31_6.sce new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a3ed547e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/3845/CH31/EX31.6/Ex31_6.sce @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +//Example 31.6
+R=6*10^6;//Activity (Ci)
+t_half=30.17;//Half-life of Cs-137 (y),See Appendix B
+N=R*(3.7*10^10)*t_half*(3.16*10^7)/0.693;//Number of nuclei
+//In the above equation,curies are converted to becquerels and years to seconds by multiplying with (3.7*10^10 Bq/Ci) and (3.16*10^7s/y) respectively
+m=(137/(6.02*10^23))*(3.1*10^26);//Mass of Cs-137 released (g)
+printf('Mass of Cs-137 released = %0.1f kg',m/1000)
+//There is a small variation in the value used in the textbook and the one found in Appendix B
+//Answer varies due to round off error
+//Openstax - College Physics
+//Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11406/latest
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