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Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

A radioactive element decay one eight of it original quantity in q seconds. Calculate the decay constant

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Ayush Anand
5 Years ago
By the formula of decay constant and the number of atoms, we have
∂ (decay constant) = {2.303 log 8/7}/q
 
On simplifying, we get
Decay constant = 0.13355/q