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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Nuclei
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A radioactive sample disintegrates via two independent decay processes having half lives \(T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}\) and \(T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}\) respectively. The effective half- life \(T _{1 / 2}\) of the nuclei is

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(C) \(T _{1 / 2}=\frac{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)} T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}+ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}\)

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\(\lambda_{ eq }=\lambda_{1}+\lambda_{2}\)

\(\frac{1}{ T _{1 / 2}}=\frac{1}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}}+\frac{1}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}\)

\(T _{1 / 2}=\frac{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)} T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}+ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}\)

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