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

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    A radioactive substance has an average life of 5 hours. In a time of 5 hours                                           [Orissa JEE 2003]

    A)            Half of the active nuclei decay

    B)            Less than half of the active nuclei decay

    C)            More than half of the active nuclei decay

    D)            All active nuclei decay

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                       If \[\lambda \]is the decay constant of a radioactive substance than average life = \[\frac{1}{\lambda }\]                    Also half life \[=\frac{0.693}{\lambda }=0.693\times (Average\ life)\]                    in single average life, more than 63% of radioactive nuclei decay


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