At a given instant there are $25\%$ undecayed radioactive nuclei in a same. After $10 \,sec$ the number of undecayed nuclei reduces to $6.25\%$, the mean life of the nuclei is...........$ sec$
$14.43$
$7.21$
$5$
$10$
The half life period of a radioactive substance is 60 days. The time taken for $\frac{7}{8}$ th of its original mass to disintegrate will be $......days$
Two radioactive materials $A$ and $B$ have decay constants $10\,\lambda $ and $\lambda $, respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of a to that of $B$ will be $1/e$ after a time
An archaeologist analyses the wood in a prehistoric structure and finds that $C^{14}$ (Half life $= 5700\, years$) to $C^{12}$ is only one-fourth of that found in the cells of buried plants. The age of the wood is about ..........$years$
An accident in a nuclear laboratory resulted in deposition of a certain amount of radioactive material of half-life $18$ days inside the laboratory. Tests revealed that the radiation was $64$ times more than the permissible level required for safe operation of the laboratory. What is the minimum number of days after which the laboratory can be considered safe for use?
Tritium has a half-life of $12.5\; y$ undergoing beta decay. What fraction of a sample of pure tritium will remain undecayed after $25\; y.$