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Each (unstable) isotope has a distinctive half-life.
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What is the half life of uranium in common form?
Each isotope of uranium has its half life. See the link below.
Isotope A has half-life of seconds and isotope B has a half-life of millions of years which isotope is more radioactive?
Isotope A
What is the half life of an isotope?
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the amount of time it takes for one-half of the radioactive isotope to decay. The half-life of a specific radioactive isotope is constant; it is unaffected by conditions and is independent of the initial amount of that isotope.
Can the half life of a radioactive isotope decrease as the isotope decays?
No, the half-life of a radioactive isotope does not decrease as the isotope decays. That half-life remains constant. It's the amount of the substance that decreases as the isotope decays.
What is half life of a isotope?
The half life of an isotope refers to the rate at which a radioactive isotope undergoes radioactive decay. Specifically, it is the amount of time it takes for half of a given sample of a radioactive isotope to decay.
What information does the half-life of a radioisotope give?
It tells how long it takes for a radioactive isotope to become a daughter element.
What element has mass number of 34 and atomic number 16?
Several elements have known isotopes with mass number 34:34Ne - an isotope of neon with half-life >1.5 µs34Na - an isotope of sodium with half-life 5.5 ms34Mg - an isotope of magnesium with half-life 20 ms34Al - an isotope of aluminum with half-life 56.3 ms34Si - an isotope of silicon with half-life 2.77 s34P - an isotope of phosphorous with half-life 12.43 s34S - a stable isotope of sulfur34Cl - an isotope of chlorine with half-life 1.5264 s34Ar - an isotope of argon with half-life 844.5 ms34K - an isotope of potassium with half life
What affects the half life?
The type of isotope
What is argon's half-life?
It depends if it is an isotope or not
What property of a radioactive isotope is the length of time it takes half of the nuclei to decay?
This is called the "half-life" of the isotope.
After 36.9 years a sample of hydrogen contains one-eighth the amount it contained originally what is the half-life of the isotope?
The half-life of the isotope is 12.3.
How long will it take half of a radioactive sample to decay?
The length of time depends on the element and isotope, but the point at which half of the sample has decayed is known as the half-life.
