The half-life of a radioactive element is $100 \ yrs$. The time in which it disintegrates to $50 \%$ of its initial mass will be ........ $years$.

  • A
    $50$
  • B
    $200$
  • C
    $100$
  • D
    $25$

Explore More

Similar Questions

Gadolinium-$153$,which is used to detect osteoporosis (porous bones),has a half-life of $242$ days. Which value is closest to the percentage of $Gd-153$ left in a patient's system after $2$ years? .......... $\%$

Difficult
View Solution

$A$ radioactive isotope having a half-life period of $3 \ days$ was received after $12 \ days$. If $3 \ g$ of the isotope is left in the container,what would be the initial mass of the isotope?.......... $g$

$2.25$ $C^{14}$ atoms dissociate from $1 \ g$ of carbon in an old statue. $15.3$ $C^{14}$ atoms dissociate from carbon in a living statue. How many years old is the statue? (Half-life of $C^{14} = 5730 \ \text{years}$).

$A$ radioactive element with half-life $6.5 \ hr$ has $48 \times 10^{19}$ atoms. Number of atoms left after $26 \ hr$ is:

The ratio of the amount of two elements $X$ and $Y$ at radioactive equilibrium is $1 : 2 \times 10^{-6}$. If the half-life period of element $Y$ is $4.9 \times 10^{-4} \ days$,then the half-life period of element $X$ will be .......... $days$.

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