Plot a graph showing the variation of undecayed nuclei N versus time t. From the graph, find out how one can determine the half-life and average life of the radioactive nuclei.
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Updated on : 2022-09-05
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Law of Radioactivity defines that the number of Nuclei undergoing number of Nuclei present in the sample at that Instant.
Since from the graph; we have
N=N−e−λt ....1
where λ=Disintegration constant
For ∴ For T1/2 is the time at N−21ND
⇒t=T1/2
2N0=N0e−λ2T
⇒T1/2=λLn2=λ0.693
And for Mean life -we have to sum it over the whole Range for
N(t)=N0e−λt
for number of nuclei which decay in time t to t t △;