Which of the Following Is NOT a Feature of the Half-Life

question 82

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the half-life of an isotope?

• A) The amount of time it takes to convert a radioactive sample from 10.0 g to 5.0 g will be the same as that required to convert a sample from 4.0 g to 2.0
• B) The half-life of each element is different.
• C) The half-life of different isotopes of the same element are all the same.
• D) Half-lives can range between microseconds and billions of years.
• E) The amount of an isotope left in a sample depends on the age of a sample.

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