Physics 5054 · O Level · Half-life

Half-life — practice question

Which statement is correct about the half-life of a radioactive isotope?

  • AHalf-life changes as the isotope decays.
  • BHalf-life is the time it takes for the nucleon number of the isotope to halve.
  • CHalf-life is half the time it takes for the number of nuclei of the isotope to decrease to zero.
  • DHalf-life is the time it takes for the number of nuclei of the isotope to decrease by half.

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