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17 June, 04:37

What percentage of a radioactive species would be found as daughter material after five half-lives?

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  1. 17 June, 04:43
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    The half life of a radioactive material is the time it takes for the material to reduce its amount to one half the original quantity. Hence, when five half-lives have passed, the percentage that is converted to daughter material is 1 - (1/2) ^5 equal to 0.96875.
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