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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Nuclei
  • JEE Mains 2021
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Some nuclei of a radioactive material are undergoing radioactive decay. The time gap between the instances when a quarter of the nuclei have decayed and when half of the nuclei have decayed is given as: (where \(\lambda\) is the decay constant)

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(C) \(\frac{\ln \frac{3}{2}}{\lambda}\)

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\(\frac{3 N _{0}}{4}= N _{0} e ^{-\lambda t _{1}}\)

\(\frac{ N _{0}}{2}= N _{0} e ^{-\lambda t _{2}}\)

\(\ln (\frac 34)=-\lambda t _{1}\)

\(\ln (\frac 12)=-\lambda t _{2}\)

\(\ln (\frac 34)-\ln (\frac 12)=\lambda\left( t _{2}- t _{1}\right)\)

\(\Delta t =\frac{\ln (\frac 32)}{\lambda}\)

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