Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Which description of half-life is incorrect?

  • Athe time it takes for the count rate from a radioactive sample to fall to half its original value
  • Bthe time it takes for half of the unstable nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay
  • Cthe time it takes for the mass of radioactive material in a sample to halve
  • Dthe time it takes for half of the neutrons in a radioactive sample to decay

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