HON CHEMISTRY: So what do you figure is the half-life of a banana? But I digress…. Here’s the lecture from Friday on half-life problems. Keep thinking these problems through – listen to the story they’re trying to tell you, and you’ll do great.
Have fun with the half-life simulation lab! The post on the lab where you’ll post comments with your data is below. You decided today that your data is due posted here by this Tuesday. The entire lab report is due the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
The report will go in your lab book – Title, Objective, Procedure, Observations (with data table), Conclusion, and Questions. Don’t forget that your graph needs to be drawn on graph paper, folded in half, and attached in your lab book. It can be stapled or taped.
Hey y’all, here’s my results from the half-life simulation lab.
TOSS 0: 200 radioactive nuclei, prediction for next toss was 100.
TOSS 1: 92 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 40.
TOSS 2: 42 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 20.
TOSS 3: 21 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 10.
TOSS 4: 13 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 7.
TOSS 5: 7 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 3.
TOSS 6: 4 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 2.
TOSS 7: 3 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 1.
TOSS 8: 3 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 2.
TOSS 9: 2 radioactive nuclei, prediction for the next toss was 1.
TOSS 10: 0 radioactive nuclei.
So, does a radioactive cat have 18 half-lives?