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Q.Write relation between decay constant of a radioelement and its half life.

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Step 1. Half-life t1/2 is defined as the time for exactly half of a sample's undecayed nuclei to decay, i.e. N = N0/2 at t = t1/2.

Step 2. Substituting this condition into the general decay-constant expression λ = (2.303/t) log10(N0/N) gives λ = (2.303/t1/2) log10(2) = (2.303/t1/2) x 0.3010 = 0.693/t1/2 (since 2.303 x 0.3010 ≈ 0.693, and 0.693 is also exactly ln 2). …

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