Question:

The disintegration rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is $4250$ disintegrations per minute $10$ minutes later, the rate becomes $2250 $ disintegrations per minute The approximate decay constant is : (Take $\log _{10} 188=0274$ )

Updated On: Mar 19, 2025
  • \(0.02 \,\min ^{-1}\)
  • \(2.7 \,\min ^{-1}\)
  • \(0.063 \,\min ^{-1}\)
  • \(6.3 \,\min ^{-1}\)
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The Correct Option is C

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The correct option is(C): 0.063 min−1.
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Nuclei

In the year 1911, Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus along with his associates. It is already known that every atom is manufactured of positive charge and mass in the form of a nucleus that is concentrated at the center of the atom. More than 99.9% of the mass of an atom is located in the nucleus. Additionally, the size of the atom is of the order of 10-10 m and that of the nucleus is of the order of 10-15 m.

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