JEE Main & Advanced Physics Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    Two radioactive materials \[{{X}_{1}}\] and \[{{X}_{2}}\] have decay constants \[10\lambda \] and \[\lambda \] respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of \[{{X}_{1}}\] to that of \[{{X}_{2}}\] will be \[1/e\] after a time                    [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2000]

    A)            \[1/(10\lambda )\]            

    B)            \[1/(11\lambda )\]

    C)            \[11/(10\lambda )\]

    D)            \[1/(9\lambda )\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               \[{{N}_{1}}={{N}_{0}}{{e}^{-10\lambda t}}\]and \[{{N}_{2}}={{N}_{0}}{{e}^{-\lambda t}}\]                    \[\Rightarrow \frac{{{N}_{1}}}{{{N}_{2}}}=\frac{1}{e}={{e}^{-1}}={{e}^{(-10\lambda +\lambda )t}}={{e}^{-9\lambda t}}\Rightarrow t=\frac{1}{9\lambda }\].


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