Explain why a graph of plotted against time for a radioactive substance is a straight…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Nuclear physics · Nuclear physics

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Explain why a graph of ln⁡N\ln N plotted against time tt for a radioactive substance is a straight line and mention how the slope of this line can be used to obtain the half-life of the nuclide.

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