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Nucleus: Common Terms

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The half life of a radioactive sample is $T$ . If the activities of the sample at time $t_{1}$ and $t_{2}$ $(t_{1} < t_{2})$ are $R_{1} and R_{2}$ respectively, the number of atoms disintegrated in time $t_{2} - t_{1}$ is proportional to,

(R_{1} - R_{2}) T

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(R_{1} + R_{2}) T

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\frac{R_{1} R_{2}}{R_{1} + R_{2}} T

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\frac{R_{1} + R_{2}}{T}

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Solution

The correct option is A $(R_{1} - R_{2}) T$

Activity or rate of decay is given by,

$R = λ N$

$\Rightarrow R_{1} = λ N_{1}$ and $R_{2} = λ N_{2}$

$R_{1} - R_{2} = λ (N_{1} - N_{2}) = \frac{0.693}{T} (N_{1} - N_{2})$

$N_{1} - N_{2} = \frac{T}{0.693} (R_{1} - R_{2})$

$\Rightarrow (N_{1} - N_{2}) \propto (R_{1} - R_{2}) T$

Here, $(N_{1} - N_{2})$ is the number of atoms disintegrated in the time interval $(t_{1} - t_{2})$

Hence, $(A)$ is the correct answer.

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