GRADE 12 SCIENCE · CHAPTER 3

Matter & chemical change

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  1. Nuclear chemistry

    Use a radioactive half-life model

    Calculate the expected fraction of undecayed parent nuclei remaining after whole numbers of half-lives.

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What expected fraction of parent nuclei remains after one half-life in a large sample?

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The parent population halves once.

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