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What is the half-life of uranium-238?
The half-life of uranium-238.
Answer to Problem 13RQ
The half life of the Uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years.
Explanation of Solution
The half-life of any element is the time that is needed for half of the radioactive atoms to decay completely. This method is used to calculate the decay rate of any element.
The half life of uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years which means it will decay by the end of 4.5 billion years. After the next 4.5 billion years, the remaining uranium-238 will decay, leaving only
Conclusion:
Therefore, the half life of the Uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years.
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