What is half life of radioactivity

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The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for half of the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay. During one half-life, the activity of the sample also reduces by half. For example, if a sample has a half-life of 10 days, after 10 days, half of the original radioactive material will remain.

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