At the start of a measurement, a radioisotope has 10,000 unstable nuclei. over 2 days 5,000 of these unstable nuclei undergo rad

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dedylja [7]

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At the start of a measurement, a radioisotope has 10,000 unstable nuclei. over 2 days 5,000 of these unstable nuclei undergo rad

ioactive decay to stable nuclei. what is the half life of this radioisotope?

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Black_prince [1.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-12T00:15:24+03:00

Black_prince [1.1K]3 years ago

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The half life of a radioactive element is the time needed to the element to decay and reach the half amount of the initial amount. Here we have a radioisotope element which decays its half from 10,000 to 5,000 in two days. Therefore, its half life is 2 days.