Practice mode Nuclear Physics

The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time taken for ____

Correct answer D. half of its undecayed nuclei to decay

Explanation

In one half-life the number of undecayed nuclei, and hence the activity, falls to half its starting value. The half-life is constant for a given isotope.

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