Plutonium-238, an emitter and a compact heat source, has a half-life of 86 years.Coupled with a PbTe thermoelectric device, it is used as a very reliable electrical energy source for cardiac pacemakers.If 100.0 grams of 238Pu 238.0495 g/mol) were used in a pacemaker, how many particles would it produce in 10 years?( 1 mole = 6.02 * 1023 atoms)
A) 6.02 * 1023
B) 3.01 * 1023
C) 3.01* 1022
D) 2.33 * 1023
E) 1.96 *1022
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