Half-Life Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

Half-life is

• A) the rate at which a radioactive material decays
• B) half the time it takes for all the radioactivity to decay
• C) the rate at which particulate radiation is emitted from a radioactive atom's nucleus
• D) none of these

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