Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Explains radioactive half-life and how to do simple calculations to determine the half-life of radioactive elements. Half-life is the time required for half the amount of radioactive nuclei to decay. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo, or how long stable atoms survive, radioactive decay.

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