What is radioactivity ?
In a radioactive disintegration, the ratio of initial number of atoms to the number of atoms present at an instant of time equal to its mean life is
In a $RA$ element the fraction of initiated amount remaining after its mean life time is
A solution containing active cobalt ${}_{27}^{60}Co$ having activity of $0.8\,\mu Ci$ and decay constant $\lambda $ is injected in an animal's body. If $1 \,cm^3$ of blood is drawn from the animal's body after $10\, hrs$ of injection, the activity found was $300\, decays$ per minute. What is the volume of blood that is flowing in the body?..........$litres$ ( $ICi = 3.7 \times 10^{10}$ decay per second and at $t = 10\, hrs$ ${e^{ - \lambda t}} = 0.84$ )
Carbon dating is best suited for determining the age of fossils if their age in years is of the order of
The average life $T$ and the decay constant $\lambda $ of a radioactive nucleus are related as