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

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

Grade:12th pass

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Ayush Anand
126 Points
3 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

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