Half-life of radium is $1620$ years. How many radium nuclei decay in $5$ hours in $5 \, g$ of radium? (Atomic weight of radium $= 223$)

  • A
    $9.1 \times 10^{12}$
  • B
    $3.23 \times 10^{15}$
  • C
    $1.72 \times 10^{20}$
  • D
    $3.3 \times 10^{17}$

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