NTA Abhyas NEET2020ChemistryChemical KineticsPractice
The half-life of radium is 1600 years. The time does 1g of radium take to reduce to 0.125g is
Options
- A4800 years
- B4500 years
- C5000 years
- D4750 years
Correct answer
A. 4800 years
Step-by-step solution
Nuclear reactions are I st order reaction N N 0 = 1 2 n ⇒ 0.125 1 = ( 1 2 ) n = 1 8 = 1 2 n ⇒ n = 3 n = t t 1 2 ; ∵ 3 = t 1600 t = 4800