A sample of plutonium-239 decays from 341.92 kilograms to 42.74 kilograms. This is 1/8 the original sample. How many half-lives have passed?

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.

Hello thereone of the following properties was originally used to arrange elements on the periodic table, but is no longer used to organize the modern version. which property fits this description? answer: atomic mass  was originally used to arrange elements on the periodic table, but is no longer used to organize the modern version.

(no3)⁻n has oxidation number x,o has oxidation number -2.(x*1 -2*3) charge of the nitrate ion, and we know that charge of the nitrate ion =-1.so,(x*1 -2*3) =-1x-6=-1x=+5answer a. +5.