JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Surface & Nuclear Chemistry / भूतल और नाभिकीय रसायन Question Bank Rate of decay and Half-life

  • question_answer
    The half-life period of a radioactive element is 30 minutes. One sixteenth of the original quantity of the element will remain unchanged after              [CPMT 1983; MP PMT 1994]

    A)                 60 minutes         

    B)                 120 minutes

    C)                 70 minutes         

    D)                 75 minutes

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{16}=\frac{1}{{{2}^{n}}}\,\text{or}\,\frac{\text{1}}{{{\text{2}}^{\text{4}}}}=\frac{1}{{{2}^{n}}}\text{or}\,n\text{ }=\text{4}\]                                 \ Required time \[=4\times {{t}_{1/2}}=120min\].


You need to login to perform this action.
You will be redirected in 3 sec spinner