A radioactive nucleus is being produced at a constant rate $\alpha$ per second. Its decay constant is $\lambda $. If $N_0$ are the number of nuclei at time $t = 0$, then maximum number of nuclei possible are

A sample of radioactive material $A$, that has an activity of $10\, mCi\, (1\, Ci = 3.7 \times 10^{10}\, decays/s)$, has twice the number of nuclei as another sample of different radioactive material $B$ which has an activity of $20\, mCi$. The correct choices for half-lives of $A$ and $B$ would then be respectively

The activity of a radioactive sample is measured as $N_0$ counts per minute at $t = 0$ and $N_0/e$ counts per minute at $t = 5$ minutes. The time (in minutes) at which the activity reduces to half its value is 

A radioactive nucleus can decay by two different processes. Half-life for the first process is $3.0\, hours$ while it is $4.5\, hours$ for the second process. The effective half- life of the nucleus will be $.........\,hours.$

A radioactive sample at any instant has its disintegration rate $5000$ disintegration per minute. After $5$ minutes, the rate is $1250$ disintegrations per minute. Then, the decay constant (per minute) is

The decay constant $\lambda $ of the radioactive sample is the probability of decay of an atom in unit time, then