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Standard XII

Chemistry

Introduction to Optical Isomerism

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Consider a radioactive material of half-life $1.0$ minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, the next one will decay

after

1

minute

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after

\frac{1}{{log}_{e} 2}

minute

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after

\frac{1}{N}

minute, where

N

is the number of nuclei present at that moment

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after any time

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Solution

The correct option is D after any time
An individual nuclei can decay anytime. But on average, the number of radioactive particles decay with rate $λ = \frac{l n 2}{t_{1 / 2}}$

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Consider a radioactive material of half-life 1.0 minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, the next one will decay

The correct option is D after any timeAn individual nuclei can decay anytime. But on average, the number of radioactive particles decay with rate λ=ln2t1/2

Consider a radioactive material of half-life $1.0$ minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, the next one will decay

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