An isotope’s half-life is its particular rate of decay, or how much time it takes for ½ of the material to decay.
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An isotope’s half-life is its particular rate of decay, or how much time it takes for ½ of the material to decay.
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masumanwar · Answer

its from equation of radioactive nucleus decay equation n=Ne^-lt and for when n=N0/2 putting this condition the time found is half life for that respective isotope

anonymous · Answer

Definition is true, just as it sounds it should be.

anonymous · Answer

Sounds false to me. An isotope's half-life is the time it takes for all the material to lose half of its radiologic activity

anonymous · Answer

"half of the material" must refer to the isotope. Makes no sense for some mixture, which is not the subject of the question. TRUE.