Explain rate of decay of a material?

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15 November, 22:42

Explain rate of decay of a material?

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The half-life (t1/2) is the time taken for the activity of a given amount of a radioactive substance to decay to half of its initial value. The mean lifetime (τ, "tau") is the average lifetime of a radioactive particle before decay. The decay constant (λ, "lambda") is the inverse of the mean lifetime.