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A radiopharmaceutical vial has an activity of at 12:00 ,p.m
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Nuclei · Nuclei
Problem
A radiopharmaceutical vial has an activity of
1.20
Ci
1.20\,\text{Ci}
1.20
Ci
at 12:00\,p.m. By 6:00\,p.m. the next day, its activity has decreased to
0.75
Ci
0.75\,\text{Ci}
0.75
Ci
. Calculate the half-life of the radioisotope in hours.
Related theory
Radioactivity
Nuclear physics
Atomic Structure
Radioactive decay
Nuclei
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