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Is it possible to determine exactly when a particular unstable isotope will begin to decay?
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∙ 10y ago
No. The time it will take for an individual unstable atom to decay is completely random and impossible to predict.
However, because there are so many atoms in a sample (6.02x1023 in one mole) it is possible to observe the half-life of the atoms.
The half-life is the time that it will take for half of the atoms in a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay into another element or isotope. This is a constant property of the isotope and does not depend on the sample size.
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∙ 14y ago
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