You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Byju's Answer

Standard VII

Chemistry

Sub-Atomic Particles

A radioactive...

Question

A radioactive nuclei has half-life of $1.0$ minute. If one of the nuclei decay now, the next nuclei will decay after :

1.0

minute

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

\frac{1}{ln 2}

minute

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

\frac{1}{N}

minute (

N

is no. of nuclei present at that moment)

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

any time

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is A any time
In this process, every atom decays and there is no relation between two atoms so at any time next atom will decay and follow 1st order mechanism.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Consider a radioactive material of half-life

1.0

minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, the next one will decay

Q. A radioactive material has a half life of

1

minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, when will the next one decay?

Q. A radioactive sample has a half-life of

10

minutes. If

64

nuclei are contained in the sample the number of nuclei that would decay after

50

minutes is:

Q. Two radioactive nuclei

P

and

Q

, in a given sample decay into a stable nucleous

R

. At time

t = 0

, number of

P

species are

4 N_{0}

and that of

Q

are

N_{0}

. Half-life of

P

(for conversion to

R

) is 1 minute where as that of

Q

is 2 minutes. Initially there are no nuclei of

R

present in the sample. When number of nuclei of

P

and

Q

are equal, the number of nuclei of

R

present in the sample would be

Q. Half-lives of two radioactive elements A and B are 20 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Initially the samples have equal number of nuclei. After 80 minutes the ratio of decayed numbers of A and B nuclei will be:

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

A radioactive nuclei has half-life of 1.0 minute. If one of the nuclei decay now, the next nuclei will decay after :

The correct option is A any timeIn this process, every atom decays and there is no relation between two atoms so at any time next atom will decay and follow 1st order mechanism.

A radioactive nuclei has half-life of $1.0$ minute. If one of the nuclei decay now, the next nuclei will decay after :

The correct option is A any time
In this process, every atom decays and there is no relation between two atoms so at any time next atom will decay and follow 1st order mechanism.