Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Radioactive iodine-131 releases $\beta$-particles and possesses a half-life of $8$ days. It decays into xenon-131. Which statement about this decay is correct?

  • AAfter $8$ days no more $\beta$-particles are emitted.
  • BAfter $8$ days the number of xenon-131 atoms has halved.
  • CAfter $16$ days the iodine-131 has decayed completely.
  • DAfter $16$ days the number of iodine-131 atoms has reduced to one quarter.

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