The half-life of Pb 212 is 10.6 hour

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · ISC · Mathematics · Calculus · Applied optimization

Problem

The half-life of Pb ²¹² is 10.6 hour. It undergoes decay to its daughter (unstable) element Bi212 of half-life 60.5 minute. Calculate the time at which daughter element will have maximum activity.

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