The half-life of radium is $1620$ years and its atomic weight is $226 \, g/mol$. What is the number of atoms decaying per second in a $1 \, g$ sample? $[N_A = 6.023 \times 10^{23} \, \text{atoms/mol}]$

  • A
    $3.61 \times 10^{10}$
  • B
    $3.63 \times 10^{12}$
  • C
    $3.11 \times 10^{15}$
  • D
    $31.1 \times 10^{15}$

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