The half-life of’  9138Sr is 9.70 hours. Find its decay constant. (Ans: 1.99 x 10⁻⁵ s)



Given Data:


half life of radioactive nucleus  22686Ra = T12 = 9.70 hours

by converting into Sec (SI unit) we have 1 hour = 3.6  10³ s  

T12 = 9.70 x 3.6  10³ s  = 3.492  10³ s = 3.492  10⁴ s




To Find:

The decay constant = λ =?



Solution:


Using the formula for Half-life we have

T12 = 0.693λ


or

 λ = 0.693T12


Putting values

 λ = 0.6933.49210s

 λ = 0.1985 x 10⁴ s⁻¹

or

 λ = 1.99 x 10⁻⁵ s⁻¹ ----------------Ans.



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