The graph represents the decay of a newly-prepared sample of radioactive nuclide X to a stable nuclide Y. The half-life of X is τ The growth curve for Y intersects thedecay curve for X after time T.What is the time T?
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a
τ
b
τ2
c
lnτ2
d
ln2τ
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
If half-life of X is τ then its initial number N0 becomes N02in time τ. NowN02decayed X produce N02number of Y nuclei. Thus, the numbers of X and Y will beequal at half life time or 'τ'