Question
SLPaper 1A
What statement is not true about radioactive decay?
A
The percentage of radioactive nuclei of an isotope in a sample of that isotope after 7 half-lives is smaller than 1%.
B
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time taken for half the nuclei in a sample of that isotope to decay.
C
The whole-life of a radioactive isotope is the time taken for all the nuclei in a sample of that isotope to decay.
D
The half-life of radioactive isotopes range between extremely short intervals to thousands of millions of years.