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The half life period of a radioactive substance is 69.3 minutes. In how much time will it be disintegrated 80% of its original amount?

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answer is 161.

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For radio active disintegration t1/2=69.3  min.  Nt=20100     N0=N05
λ=ln2t1/2=0.69369.3=0.01  min1
Applying 1-order reaction
t=1(0.01)ln(5N0N0)=ln5(0.01)
 Time taken (t) =  2.303×0.7(0.01)    t=161   minutes
 

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