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15 September, 14:59

Half of a sample of cobalt-60 decays after 5.26 years to form atoms of another element. Half of a sample of iodine-131 decays after 8.1 days to form atoms of another element. Which best explains this difference? 1Choice 1 Iodine-131 has a smaller atomic number than cobalt-60. 2Choice 2 Iodine-131 has a shorter half-life than cobalt-60. 3Choice 3 Iodine-131 has a smaller atomic mass than cobalt-60. 4Choice 4 Iodine-131 has half the radioactive energy of cobalt-60.

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  1. 15 September, 15:03
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    Iodine-131 has a shorter half-life than cobalt-60.

    Explanation:

    We are given;

    Half of a cobalt-60 sample decays after 5.26 years Half of an Iodine-131 sample decays after 8.1 days

    We are supposed to explain the difference between the two instances;

    We need to define half life;

    Half life is the time half of a given sample takes to decay leaving the other half of it. Therefore; If half of a cobalt-60 sample decays after 5.26 years then the half life of cobalt-60 is 5.26 years. On the other hand, if half of an Iodine-131 sample decays after 8.1 days, then the half life of Iodine-131 is 8.1 days. We can therefore, conclude that, Iodine-131 has a shorter half-life than cobalt-60.
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