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  • May 16, 2009, 03:02 PM
    sydneymarsolek
    Chemistry final
    Which statement is true about half-lives?
    a.
    Different atoms of the same element have different half-lives.
    b.
    Each radioactive isotope has its own half-life.
    c.
    All radioactive nuclides of an element have the same half-life.
    d.
    All radioactive nuclides have the same half-life.

    Please help me!!
  • May 17, 2009, 09:32 AM
    Perito
    Quote:

    Which statement is true about half-lives?

    a. Different atoms of the same element have different half-lives.
    b. Each radioactive isotope has its own half-life.
    c. All radioactive nuclides of an element have the same half-life.
    d. All radioactive nuclides have the same half-life.
    a. Different isotopes of the same element have different half-lives so this is false.
    b. This is true
    c. Different isotopes of the same element may be radioactive and each isotope has its own half-life so this is false.
    d. This is absurd. Some nuclides have half-lives measured in years or centuries; others have half-lives measured in seconds. So, it must be false.

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