The half-life is 16 hours.
The half-life of the radioisotope is 20 minutes. This means that in 20 minutes, half of the original sample (20g) remains. Therefore, if a 40g sample becomes 10g after 20 minutes, it has undergone 1 half-life.
One-half of the original amount. That's precisely the definition of "half-life".
The half-life of a radioisotope is the time it takes for half of the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay. It is a characteristic property of each radioisotope and determines the rate at which the isotopes decay.
The length of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to decay
Half life is the time taken for approximately half of the available nuclei in a sample of radioactive material to decay into something else. It's a characteristic of the isotope, for example, the half life of the isotope of iodine, I131 is 8.08 days. Half lives can vary from fractions of a second to thousands of years.
16 hours.
16 hours.
16 hours.
The half-life of the radioisotope is 20 minutes. This means that in 20 minutes, half of the original sample (20g) remains. Therefore, if a 40g sample becomes 10g after 20 minutes, it has undergone 1 half-life.
A half-life of a radioisotope is the time required for half of a sample to decay. In this case, a 50-g sample becoming 25 g after 18 days indicates that the half-life of the radioisotope is 18 days, as the sample has decreased to half its original amount in that time.
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One-half of the original amount. That's precisely the definition of "half-life".
The half-life of a radioisotope is the time it takes for half of the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay. It is a characteristic property of each radioisotope and determines the rate at which the isotopes decay.
The half-life of the radioisotope is 9 years. This is calculated by determining the time it took for half of the original sample to decay. Since the sample went from 100g to 25g in 18 years, it lost 75g in that time period. After the first half-life, the sample would have 50g remaining, and after the second half-life, it would have 25g remaining.