Radium has an atomic weight of $226$ and a half-life of $1600$ years. The number of disintegrations produced per second from $1 \ g$ of radium is:

  • A
    $4.8 \times 10^{10}$
  • B
    $9.2 \times 10^{6}$
  • C
    $3.7 \times 10^{10}$
  • D
    Zero

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