The mean life of a radioactive material for alpha decay and beta decay are, respectively, $1620$ years and $520$ years. What is the half life of the sample (in years) ?
$1483$
$394$
$273$
$1123$
A radioactive material decays by simultaneous emission of two particles with respective half lives $1620$ and $810$ years. The time (in years) after which one- fourth of the material remains is
Which of the following Statements is correct?
Two radioactive substances $A$ and $B$ have decay constants $5\lambda $ and $\lambda $ respectively. At $t = 0$, a sample has the same number of the two nuclei. The time taken for the ratio of the number of nuclei to become $(\frac {1}{e})^2$ will be
Explain decay constant and write down its definition.
Certain radioactive substance reduces to $25\%$ of its value in $16\ days$. Its half-life is .......... $days$