Half life of a radio-active substance is $20\, minutes$. The time between $20\%$ and $80\%$ decay will be ........... $minutes$
$20$
$40$
$30$
$25$
Two radioactive nuclei $P$ and $Q,$ in a given sample decay into a stable nucleus $R.$ At time $t = 0,$ number of $P$ species are $4\,\, N_0$ and that of $Q$ are $N_0$. Half-life of $P$ (for conversion to $R$) is $1$ minute where as that of $Q$ is $2$ minutes. Initially there are no nuclei of $R$ present in the sample. When number of nuclei of $P$ and $Q$ are equal, the number of nuclei of $R$ present in the sample would be
The half-life of a sample of a radioactive substance is $1$ hour. If $8 \times {10^{10}}$ atoms are present at $t = 0$, then the number of atoms decayed in the duration $t = 2$ hour to $t = 4$ hour will be
Radioactive substances do not emit
Following statements related to radioactivity are given below
$(A)$ Radioactivity is a random and spontaneous process and is dependent on physical and chemical conditions.
$(B)$ The number of un-decayed nuclei in the radioactive sample decays exponentially with time.
$(C)$ Slope of the graph of $\log _{e}$ (no. of undecayed nuclei) $Vs$. time represents the reciprocal of mean life time $(\tau)$.
$(D)$ Product of decay constant ( $\lambda$ ) and half-life time $\left(T_{1 / 2}\right)$ is not constant.
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If the half life of a radioactive sample is $10\, hours$, its mean life is ..........$hours$