How many days will it take for 16 g of palladium-103 to decay to 1.0 g? The half-life of Pd-103 is 17 days. Give your answer to two significant digits. days?

answer: -

reaction:

na + cl ⇌ nacl

balanced chemical equation:

na + 2cl ⇌ nacl2

sodium + clorine goes to form sodium chloride (table salt).

the product is nacl2.

and the reactants are na and cl.

(note: if you don’t know what ⇌ means, read below: -

⇌(double head arrow) means reversible reaction).