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For a radioactive material, half-life is 10 minutes. If initially there are 600 number of nuclei, the time taken (in minutes) for the disintegration of 450 nuclei is:

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Important Questions on Radioactivity

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The half-life of radioactive substance is 30 minutes. The time (in minutes) taken between 40% decay and 85% decay of the same radioactive substance is:
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A radio isotope X with a half-life 1.4×109 years decays to Y which is stable. A sample of the rock from a cave was found to contain X and Y in the ratio 1:7. The age of the rock is:

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Half-lives of two radioactive elements A and B are 20 minutes and 40 minutes, respectively. Initially, the samples have equal number of nuclei. After 80 minutes, the ratio of decayed numbers of A and B nuclei will be:

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The half-life of radioactive radon is 3.8 days. The time at the end of which 120th of the radon sample will remain undecayed is:

(Given: log10 e=0.4343)

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A freshly-prepared radioactive source of half-life 2 hours emits radiation of intensity which is 64 times the permissible safe level. The minimum time after which it would be possible to work safely with the source is:
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A radioactive substance has a half-life of 10 days. It will be reduced to 3% of its original amount after nearly: (loge1003=1.523)
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If the radioactive constant of radium is 4.28×104 per year, its half-life period is approximately:
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The half-life period of a radioactive element X is same as the mean-life time of another radioactive element Y. Initially, both of them have the same number of atoms. Then: