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Define half-life of a radioactive substance. Establish a relation between half-life t12 and decay constant λ.

Important Questions on Radioactivity

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What do you mean by half-life time of a radioactive element? Explain half-life time and decay constant by drawing a curve between undisintegrated atoms of the element and time.

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What is meant by the activity of a radioactive substance?

Draw time-activity graph for a radioactive substance. Find the activity after four half-lives in terms of initial activity After how much time the activity will become zero?

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What is radioactive decay? Explain decay constant and derive the relation NN0=eλt, Also write the meaning of symbols.

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Define half-life of a radioactive element, write relation between half-life and decay constant and show a graph between amount of a radioactive substance versus half-lives.
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What is activity? Write its unit, define natural radioactivity and write the properties of rays emitted by a radioactive substance.
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The half-life of radium is 1600 years. What fraction of a sample of radium will be disintegrated after 6400 years?

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The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is 3 minutes. What fraction of 1 g sample of this element will remain radioactive after 9 minutes?

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The half-life of radon is 3.8 days. In how many days will its activity drop to 6.25% of its initial value?