SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (LL)
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Author: DUNLAP
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Chapter 5, Problem 11P
The measured decay rates of a radioactive material as a function of time are shown in the table below.
- (a) Calculate the half-life of the decay.
- (b) Show that a semilogarithmic plot of the decay rate as a function of time is linear.
- (c) Derive an analytical form of the linear relationship for part (b).
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