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Why do you think chemistry will not change the decay rate of an isotope?
It depends what is meant by 'decay'. It will not alter the atomic decay rate but elements can be chemically affected by the environment which can chemically decay them.
Bacteria causes what decay?
All decay is bacterial (except when the term is used metaphorically, as in social decay).
Why is Radioactive decay is said to be random?
The underlying truth in radioactive decay is that on an individual basis, no unstable atom will have a predictable time until it will decay. We understand and characterize the decay of radionuclides on the basis of statistical analysis. Only by looking at a large number of atoms of a given isotope of a given element and counting the decay events over time can we quantify the decay rate. The term half-life is used to state (based on the statistics) when half of a given quantity of a substance will have undergone radioactive decay. Note that atoms are incredibly tiny things, and even if we have very tiny quantities of a given radioactive material, we'll have huge numbers of atoms of that material in the sample. The larger the number of atoms of material and the longer we count the decay events, the more accurate our half-life value will be. Having said all that, no one can predict when a given atom of any radionuclide will decay. Each is different, and that is the basis for the random nature of nuclear or radioactive decay.
What is meant by polarity of random error?
i don t know
What term used to describe rate of radioactive isotopes?
Half-life (in units of time).Half-Life is the rate of radioactive decay, measured in time. The half life gives the time it take for half of the radioactive atoms in a system to decay. Fore example, if you have 10 grams of carbon-14, it will take 5730 years for half of it to decay, giving you 5 grams. In another 5730 years, you'll have 2.5 grams left, etc...Isotopes decay at an exponential rate. A half-life is the time that half of the population of an isotope will decay. The measure is a statistical probability and is more accurate when a large population is observed. The term half-life is applied to describe a property of a given isotope (i.e. the half-life of Carbon 14 is 5730).half life
Explain what is meant by the term perishable?
Something especially foodstuff that is subject to decay or spoilage.
What is difference between spontaneous decay and random decay?
yow mam is spontaneous and yow dad is random
What is meant by random behavior?
Not chaotic behavior; a tendency to overcome bias (unpredictable short term)
How is a stable nucleus different to an unstable nucleus?
A stable nucleus is one which will not decay, whereas an unstable nucleus will decay at some point, which cannot be predicted as decay is a random process, by alpha or beta decay.
Why do you think chemistry will not change the decay rate of an isotope?
It depends what is meant by 'decay'. It will not alter the atomic decay rate but elements can be chemically affected by the environment which can chemically decay them.
Bacteria causes what decay?
All decay is bacterial (except when the term is used metaphorically, as in social decay).
Which term means death and decay of soft tissue?
The term that means death and decay of soft tissue is "necrosis".
What is meant by the term cathetarisation?
what is meant by the term catheterisation
What is meant by the term resistance?
What is meant by the term resistivity?
What is meant by the term dementia?
Explain what is meant by the term 'dementia.'
What is meant by identation?
what is meant by the term identity politics
What is meant by the term organization culture?
What is meant by the term organisation culture
