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MODERN PUBLICATION-Radioactivity-EXERCISE
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  2. What is meant by radioactive substance?

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  6. Show that decay rate R of a sample of a radio-nuclide is related to th...

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  7. State the law of radioactive decay and hence derive the relation N=N0e...

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  8. State the law of radioactive decay and hence derive the relation N=N0e...

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  9. Sketch a graph to illustrate radioactive decay.

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  10. What is meant by half life of a radioactive substance? Derive expressi...

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  12. An isotope (92)U^(238) decays successively to form (90)Th^(234),(91)P...

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  18. State the law of radioactive decay. Show that radioactive decay is exp...

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  20. Define half life of a radioactive substance.

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