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The half-life of an atom is how long it takes for half of the atom's mass to radioactively decay. This occurs exponentially; therefore, after 2 of the atom's half-lives have passed, 3/4 of the atom will have decay (half during the first half-life, then half of the remaining mass, or one quarter, during the second).

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