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There are 1010 radioactive nuclei in a given radioactive element. Its half-life time is 1 min. How many nuclei will remain after 30 s?(2=1.414)

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Options:
  • A 7×109
  • B 105
  • C 2×1010
  • D 4×1010
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 7×109

Recall the relationship between the present amount of element and the initial amount of element in terms of the decay constant, N=N0e-λt, now the relation between decay constant and half-life, t12=0.693λN=N0e-0.693tt12

N=1010e-0.35=7×109.

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