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The activity of
Concept introduction:
The rate of decay for a particular isotope is given by the rate law as follows:
Here,
All radioactive decay is of the first order and its rate constant is given as follows:
Here,
In a balanced radioactive decay,
In a balanced radioactive decay equation, the subscript present on the individual particles represents the atomic number, while the superscript represents the atomic mass.
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