Hon Chemistry Half-Life Simulation Lab

HON CHEMISTRY: Hey guys – this is where honors chemistry will post results for the Half-Life Simulation lab. You’ll just list your data from the first data table as a comment – just like you comment every week, except this time you are just listing the data from the first data table.

Remember, you don’t have to use candies; you may use coins or anything else that has two sides. Please note that you are to post the number of “radioactive” nuclides remaining after each toss.

Just to clarify, everything on the lab sheets will go in your lab report on that you will submit as a PDF to Google Drive and TurnItIn.com – Title, Objective, Procedure, Observations (with data table), Conclusion, and Questions. Don’t forget that your graph needs to be either a full page graph that you do on Excel or a similar program, or you can draw a full page graph on graph paper, scan a very clean, sharp copy and copy it into your lab report. And don’t forget that the analysis questions, calculations, graph, etc., go after your conclusion.

Happy counting – and wait until AFTER the lab to snack!! 🙂

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  1. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    toss 0: 200
    toss 1: 108
    toss 2: 57
    toss 3: 27
    toss 4: 12
    toss 5: 5
    toss 6: 1
    toss 7: 1
    toss 8: 0

  2. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    toss 0: 200
    toss 1: 95
    toss 2: 51
    toss 3: 23
    toss 4: 16
    toss 5: 10
    toss 6: 5
    toss 7: 1
    toss 8: 0

  3. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    toss 0: 200
    toss 1: 97
    toss 2: 52
    toss 3: 24
    toss 4: 11
    toss 5: 6
    toss 6: 3
    toss 7: 2
    toss 8: 0
    toss 9: 1

    • Hey Guys! I accidentally switched that data from Toss 8-9. I got 1 for toss 8 and 0 for toss 9. Sorry for the late notice.

  4. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 106
    Toss 2: 58
    Toss 3: 33
    Toss 4: 22
    Toss 5: 16
    Toss 6: 10
    Toss 7: 6
    Toss 8: 2
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 1
    Toss 11: 0

  5. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 101
    Toss 2: 52
    Toss 3: 25
    Toss 4: 11
    Toss 5: 7
    Toss 6: 2
    Toss 7: 1
    Toss 8: 0

  6. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 105
    Toss 2: 47
    Toss 3: 23
    Toss 4: 12
    Toss 5: 10
    Toss 6: 5
    Toss 7: 3
    Toss 8: 1
    Toss 9: 0

  7. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 109
    Toss 2: 52
    Toss 3: 29
    Toss 4: 18
    Toss 5: 12
    Toss 6: 9
    Toss 7: 3
    Toss 8: 2
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 1
    Toss 11: 0

  8. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 105
    Toss 2: 53
    Toss 3: 31
    Toss 4: 17
    Toss 5: 7
    Toss 6: 5
    Toss 7: 4
    Toss 8: 3
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 0

  9. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 140
    Toss 2: 96
    Toss 3: 77
    Toss 4: 42
    Toss 5: 33
    Toss 6: 20
    Toss 7: 13
    Toss 8: 10
    Toss 9: 6
    Toss 10: 3
    Toss 11: 2
    Toss 12: 1
    Toss 13: 0

  10. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 100
    Toss 2: 50
    Toss 3: 23
    Toss 4: 12
    Toss 5: 7
    Toss 6: 3
    Toss 7: 2
    Toss 8: 1
    Toss 9: 0

  11. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 99
    Toss 2: 44
    Toss 3: 18
    Toss 4: 6
    Toss 5: 3
    Toss 6: 1
    Toss 7: 1
    Toss 8: 1
    Toss 9: 0

  12. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 54
    Toss 2: 34
    Toss 3: 34
    Toss 4: 9
    Toss 5: 2
    Toss 6: 1
    Toss 7: 1
    Toss 8: 0

  13. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 104
    Toss 2: 59
    Toss 3: 28
    Toss 4: 10
    Toss 5: 6
    Toss 6: 4
    Toss 7: 2
    Toss 8: 2
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 0

  14. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 123
    Toss 2: 69
    Toss 3: 42
    Toss 4: 25
    Toss 5: 18
    Toss 6: 10
    Toss 7: 4
    Toss 8: 1
    Toss 9: 0

  15. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 119
    Toss 2: 65
    Toss 3: 36
    Toss 4: 20
    Toss 5: 12
    Toss 6: 8
    Toss 7: 6
    Toss 8: 2
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 0

  16. Number of radioactive nuclei after each toss:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 91
    Toss 2: 49
    Toss 3: 30
    Toss 4: 13
    Toss 5: 7
    Toss 6: 5
    Toss 7: 4
    Toss 8: 3
    Toss 9: 1
    Toss 10: 1
    Toss 11: 0

  17. I just realized I got my numbers off for my data, I’m sorry!! Here’s the real numbers:
    Toss 0: 200
    Toss 1: 103
    Toss 2: 34
    Toss 3: 20
    Toss 4: 9
    Toss 5: 2
    Toss 6: 1
    Toss 7: 1
    Toss 8: 0

    • still messed up on that, so so so sorry.
      Toss 0: 200
      Toss 1: 103
      Toss 2: 54
      Toss 3: 34
      Toss 4: 20
      Toss 5: 2
      Toss 6: 1
      Toss 7: 1
      Toss 8: 0

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