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Yes. From a technical point of view, all elements have isotopes (nuclides) that are radioactive and therefore have half-lives. But the majority of these are artificial - man made, and do not occur in nature on Earth.
Even hydrogen has nuclides of deuterium and tritium, deuterium is stable and natural, and tritium has a half life of 12.33 years.
Having said that, there are a number of nuclides that are stable and occur naturally.
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Do all elements half half lifes?
yes they do
How are tracer elements used in a variety of ways?
They can be used in estimating the age of an object by measuring its half lifes.
Do all elements have a half-life?
No, not all elements have a half-life. Half-life is a property of radioactive elements that undergo decay over time. Non-radioactive elements do not have a half-life because they do not decay in the same way.
Why cant you add the average masses of each of the isotopes and divide to get overall average of the atoms?
Because the isotopes do not appear in equal amounts. This is hardly surprising since many isotopes experience radioactive decay and change to other elements after decay while stable isotopes persist - thus stable isotopes will usually dominate as the most common isotopes for individual elements with those with the longest half-lifes being more common than those with shorter half-lifes. Of course when you get into the heaviest elements there don't seem to be any stable isotopes so those with longest half life dominate.
How do you figure out the half lifes of elements?
To determine the half-life of an element, scientists conduct experiments to track the decay of a radioactive substance over time. They measure the time it takes for half of the unstable atoms in the sample to decay into more stable forms. This half-life value is a characteristic property of each radioactive element.
How many half lifes will there be?
we know there will be an epiode 3 but we dont know anything else
What is the answer to all of lifes problems?
love.
What are lifes 6 key elements?
NCHOPS - Nitrogen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur
Which elements have no useful purposes at all?
All elements have a useful purpose, including the synthetic actinides that have half-lives measured in milliseconds.
Why are some isotopes half-lifes?
Each isotope has a different rate of radioactive disintegration characterized by the half-life, the time necessary to reduce by half the number of atoms.
Is miley alive?
Well yes but she has two lifes so half real half not
What is the half-life of the element that registers 360 counts per hour and 18 hours later the rate becomes 45 counts per hour?
After 3 half lifes there will 45 counts per hour (360 -> 180 -> 90 ->45). Therefore 3 half lifes equals 18 hours. One half life is therefore 6 hours.
