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If an isotope is absorbed into the body, the fraction that remains after one day depends on the radiological half-life of the isotope and the biological half-life (basically how fast the element can be eliminated from the body) of the element that the isotope represents.
Half the original amount.
If you know the 'half-life' of that isotope, call that period of time ' L ',call the beginning amount ' B ', and call the amount of time that haspassed since the beginning ' T '.The amount that remains at time ' T ' is(B) divided by (2T/L).
Yes, it is false that dinosaur footprints are original remains.
carbon-14
If an isotope is absorbed into the body, the fraction that remains after one day depends on the radiological half-life of the isotope and the biological half-life (basically how fast the element can be eliminated from the body) of the element that the isotope represents.
One eighth remains.
One quarter.
One-half of the original amount. That's precisely the definition of "half-life".
Half the original amount.
The half-life on 222Rn86 is 3.8235 days. A sample of this isotope will decay to 0.8533 of its original mass after 21 hours. AT = A0 2(-T/H) AT = (1) 2(-21/(24*3.8235)) AT = 0.8533
If you know the 'half-life' of that isotope, call that period of time ' L ',call the beginning amount ' B ', and call the amount of time that haspassed since the beginning ' T '.The amount that remains at time ' T ' is(B) divided by (2T/L).
Yes, it is false that dinosaur footprints are original remains.
After two half-lives, 25% of an isotopes original number of atoms remains. AT = A0 2 (-T/H) Where A0 is the original activity, AT is the activity after some time T, and H is the half-life in units of T, so ... A2 = A0 2 (-2/1) A2 = 0.25 A0
It tells what fraction of a radioactive sample remains after a certain length of time.
20 percent of the original remains of the Philippine forest
It tells what fraction of a radioactive sample remains after a certain length of time.