// Ex18_3 Page:348 (2014) clc;clear; N_A = 6.02e+023; // Avogadro number, atoms/mol M = 14; // Gram atomic mass of C-14, g t_half = 5570*365*24*60*60; // Half life of C-14, s lambda = 0.693/t_half; // Decay constant of Au-198, per sec A = 2e-003*3.7e+010; // Activity of C-14, decays per sec N = 1/lambda*A; // The number of nuclei in the C-14 sample m = N*M/N_A; // Mass of N atoms of C-14, g printf("\nThe mass of 2 mCi of radioactive C-14 = %4.2e g", m); // Result // The mass of 2 mCi of radioactive C-14 = 4.36e-004 g