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Question 44

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Use the following table to assist in answering the question below.
Nuclide
Half-Life
Uranium-238
4) 51 × 109 years
Uranium-234
2) 48 × 105 years
Thorium-230
8) 0 × 104 years
Radium-226
1) 62 × 103 years
Lead-210
20) 4 years
The rate constant for the decay of unstable nuclide X by alpha-particle emission is 1.17 × 10-6 / day.What is the identity of X?


A) radium-226
B) thorium-230
C) uranium-238
D) uranium-234
E) lead-210

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