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Radioactive decay has the following properties:

1. No element can completely decay.

2. The number of atoms decaying in a particular period is proportional to the number

of atoms present in the beginning of that period.

3. Estimate of radioactive decay can be made by half life and decay constant of a

radioactive element.

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