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Half life of a certain radioactive material is 8 hours.
  Find disintegration constant of this material. 

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To find the disintegration constant (λ) of a radioactive material given its half-life (T½), we can use the formula: \[ \lambda = \frac{0.693}{T_{1/2}} \] **Step-by-step solution:** ...
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