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How Radioactive Is Your Banana?

David W. Ball

Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115

J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (10), p 1440

DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1440

Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2004

Abstract

This exercise uses a banana to illustrate the level of radioactivity (in this case, from ⁴⁰K) in an everyday object.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

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Physical Chemistry

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Humor / Puzzles / Games

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Food Science

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  In October 2004, David W. Ball published a paper entitled “How Radioactive Is Your Banana?” He calculated that the activity of a big banana equals 18.4 Bq (decays per second). From this information the activity of an average human body can be ...
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