Half life@ Flashcards by Sim <3 floaties | Brainscape

Q

What is half life?

A

Time it takes for the number of nuclei of the isotope in a sample to halve.
Time it takes for the count rate (or acitivity) of the isotope in a sample to fall to half it’s initial level.

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly