Radioactivity

Radioactive decay
Unstabe nuclei will try to achieve stability either by emitting , and/or particles to
remove excess proton or neutrons.
The rate of decay is proportional to the number of radioactive nuclei there are.
The number of radioactive nuclei at time, t is given by
where
is the number of radioactive nuclei at t = 0
and is the radioactive constant.
The time taken for the sample to halve it's number of radioactive nuclei / or to halve its
activity is called half- life ,
where
Example :
The half-life of a particular radioactive nuclide is such that 3/8 of a sample becomes stable
in 12 days. What is the fraction that remains radioactive after 24 days?
1. Express the decay constant
In the first condition, 3/8 are stable i.e 5/8 of the initial number of nuclei are radioactive

2. The fraction that is still radioactive

x = 4/5