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3 years ago

Describe what half-life is. answer in a paragraph please.

Chemistry

1 answer:

dangina [55]3 years ago

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Half-life is defined as the quantity to reduce to half of its initial value.

Explanation:

The term half-life is generally used in nuclear physics which describes how long a stable atom can survive a radioactive decay or how quickly an unstable stable atom can undergo radioactive decay. Half-life is a constant and does not have any units.

The formula to calculate half-life:

N(t) = $\bold{N_{0} e^{-\lambda t}}$

Here N(t) is the quantity which is “not decayed”.

$N_0$ is the “initial quantity” of the substance.

λ is the “decay constant”

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