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makvit [3.9K]
3 years ago
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What term describes the specific amount of time required for half of a radioactive substance to become stable

Chemistry
1 answer:
Kobotan [32]3 years ago
4 0
A half-life. This term can be seen in carbon dating when unstable carbon-14 isotopes turn into nitrogen-14 isotopes
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