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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