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Tritium has a half life of 12.5 years against beta decay. What fraction of a sample of pure tritium will remain undecayed after 25 years?

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By definition of half-life, half of the initial sample will remain undecayed after 12.5 y. In the next 12.5 y, one-half of these nuclei would have decayed. Hence, one fourth of the sample of the initial pure tritium will remain undecayed.
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