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what is the equation to find a half life?

 May 1, 2014

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Half-life

Theradioactivedecayequationis$N=N0eλt$where$N$isnumberofparticlesattime$t$,$N0$isthenumberofparticlesattimezero,and$λ$isthedecayconstant.Thehalflife,$t12$isthetimetakentogetfrom$N0$to$12N0$andisrelatedtothedecayconstantbyt_\frac{1}{2}=\frac{ln(2)}{\lambda}$$

 May 2, 2014
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2/x

(just to let you know, x=the full life)

 May 2, 2014
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Hi Jeyden,

x/2 is half of x.  (Yours is upside down)

 May 2, 2014
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Half-life

Theradioactivedecayequationis$N=N0eλt$where$N$isnumberofparticlesattime$t$,$N0$isthenumberofparticlesattimezero,and$λ$isthedecayconstant.Thehalflife,$t12$isthetimetakentogetfrom$N0$to$12N0$andisrelatedtothedecayconstantbyt_\frac{1}{2}=\frac{ln(2)}{\lambda}$$

Alan May 2, 2014

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