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

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    What fraction of a radioactive material will get disintegrated in a period of two half-lives                               [MP PET 2000]

    A)            Whole                                     

    B)            Half

    C)            One-fourth                           

    D)            Three-fourth

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                       \[\frac{N}{{{N}_{0}}}={{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{n}},\ n=2\Rightarrow \frac{N}{{{N}_{0}}}={{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{1}{4}\] So disintegrated part \[=1-\frac{N}{{{N}_{0}}}=1-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{3}{4}\]


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