Interpretation:
The time one have to wait after bombardment before can handle safety has to be calculated.
Concept introduction:
The decay constant used to define the quantity of radioactive material that remains after time period has gone. The fraction of material that leftovers after a time period gas gone is the ratio of the number of radioactive nuclei (
The equation relating fraction of nuclei after a period of time has elapsed to the decay constant
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