Physics 5054 · O Level · Half-life

Half-life — practice question

What does the term half-life of a radioactive element mean?

  • Ahalf of the time it takes for one atom to decay
  • Bhalf of the time taken for all the atoms in a sample to decay
  • Cthe time taken for half of the atoms in a sample to decay
  • Dthe time taken for the nucleon number (mass number) to halve

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