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A radionuclide is produced at a constant rate
PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Nuclei · Nuclei
Problem
A radionuclide
X
X
X
is produced at a constant rate
η
\eta
η
. At time
t
=
0
t=0
t
=
0
, the number of nuclei of
X
X
X
is zero. The decay constant of
X
X
X
is
λ
\lambda
λ
. Find: (a) The maximum number of nuclei of
X
X
X
. (b) The number of nuclei at time
t
t
t
.
Related theory
Radioactivity
Nuclear physics
Radioactive decay
Nuclei
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