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A radioactive isotope has a decay constant of 10^-6( ten rise to power negative six).Calculate it's half -life. Please explain your answer thanks.
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oobleck
as a simple google search (or, I suspect, a look at your textbook) would have revealed,

The relationship between the half-life, T<sub><sub>1/2</sub></sub>, and the decay constant λ is given by T<sub><sub>1/2</sub></sub> = 0.693/λ.
6 years ago

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