Tritium (3H) has a half-life of 12.3 years and releases 0.0186 MeV energy per decay. What is the rate at which energy is released for a 3.0-gram sample of tritium? (NA = 6.02 × 10^23 mol–1, 1 year = 3.16 × 10^7 s, 1 MeV = 1.6 × 10^–13 J, and mt = 3.01605 u)
a. 3.2 W
c. 9.6 W
b. 1.1 W
d. 0.33 W
A
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