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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the radioactive substance krypton-91 has a very short half life of about 10 seconds what is the decay constant for this substance

OpenStudy (anonymous):

post it in physics section

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its math though

OpenStudy (akshay_budhkar):

its easy your answer is ln2/10

OpenStudy (akshay_budhkar):

or 0.693/10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

agree!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

since the graph is exponential!

OpenStudy (akshay_budhkar):

we had a formula on physics which said half life=ln2/k where k is the decay constant

OpenStudy (akshay_budhkar):

you can derive it too. first order kinetics..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks!

OpenStudy (akshay_budhkar):

you are welcome

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