The principle behind the home smoke detector is described on page 570. Americium-241 is present in such detectors. It has a decay constant of 1.51 × 10–3 y–1. You are urged to check the battery in the detector at least once a year. You are, however, never encouraged to check how much Am-241 remains undecayed. Explain why.
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