Consider a radioactive material of half-life $1.0 \, \text{minute}$. If one of the nuclei decays now,the next one will decay

  • A
    After $1 \, \text{minute}$
  • B
    After $\frac{1}{\log_e 2} \, \text{minute}$
  • C
    After $\frac{1}{N} \, \text{minute}$,where $N$ is the number of nuclei present at that moment
  • D
    After any time

Explore More

Similar Questions

The half-life of $Bi^{210}$ is $5$ days. If we start with $50,000$ atoms of this isotope,the number of atoms left over after $10$ days is:

The half-life of a radioactive element is $10 \, days$. The time required for the mass of the sample to reduce to $\frac{1}{10}$ of its initial mass is approximately ........ days.

$A$ radioactive nucleus with a decay constant $\lambda = 0.5/s$ is being produced at a constant rate of $P = 100\, nuclei/s$. If at $t = 0$ there were no nuclei,the time when there are $N = 50\, nuclei$ is:

Two radioactive substances $X$ and $Y$ originally have $N_{1}$ and $N_{2}$ nuclei respectively. The half-life of $X$ is half of the half-life of $Y$. After three half-lives of $Y$,the number of nuclei of both are equal. The ratio $\frac{N_{1}}{N_{2}}$ will be equal to:

The half-life of a stream of radioactive particles moving along a straight path with a constant kinetic energy of $4 \text{ eV}$ is $1 \text{ minute}$. The percentage of particles which decay before travelling a distance of $3.6 \text{ km}$ is (Mass of the radioactive particles $= 3.2 \times 10^{-21} \text{ kg}$ and charge of the electron $= 1.6 \times 10^{-19} \text{ C}$).

Vedclass Products

For Students

Vedclass Test Series

Mock tests in real JEE/NEET style with performance analysis. 5-day free trial.

Start Free Trial
For Teachers

Exam Paper Generator

Generate Set A/B/C/D exam papers from 7.5L+ questions in 2 minutes. 3 chapters free.

Try Free
For Institutes

Online Exam Module

Live online exams with unlimited students, 360° analytics & white-label branding.

See Demo