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harkovskaia [24]
3 years ago
11

_____ developed the concept of half-life.

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1 answer:
Sveta_85 [38]3 years ago
7 0
Ernest Rutherford was responsible in suggesting the concept of half-life. During the time of his discovery in 1907, it was termed 'half-life period' - later on shortened to half-life in the 1950s.
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