What is the decay probability per second per nucleus of a substance with a half-life of 5.0 hours?

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What is the decay probability per second per nucleus of a
substance with a half-life of 5.0 hours?
Transcribed Image Text:What is the decay probability per second per nucleus of a substance with a half-life of 5.0 hours?
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Concept and Principle:
  • Radioactive decay is the process by which an unstable nucleus becomes a stable one by emitting energy in the form of radiation or particle. The rate of decay in a sample is called its activity.

 

  • The decay probability or decay constant is the number of decay per nucleus per second. It is given by,

λ=0.693t12

Here t1/2 is the amount of time it takes for the activity of a radioactive sample to reach half of its original value.

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