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Law of Radioactivity

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Define the activity of radioactive substances. Write its S.I. unit.

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Activity of radioactive substance is defined as the number of disintegration takes place in the given sample per second.
Its SI unit is Becquerel (Bq).
1 Bq is one disintegration per second

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