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प्रश्न
Two different radioactive elements with half lives T1 and T2 have N1 and N2 undecayed atoms respectively present at a given instant. Derive an expression for the ratio of their activities at this instant in terms of N1 and N2 ?
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उत्तर
Activity for a radioactive substance is given as
\[A = \frac{d N}{d t} = \lambda N = \frac{0 . 693N}{T}\]
\[ \therefore A_1 = \frac{0 . 693 N_1}{T_1}; A_2 = \frac{0 . 693 N_2}{T_2}\]
\[ \Rightarrow \frac{A_1}{A_2} = \frac{N_1}{T_1} \times \frac{T_2}{N_2}\]
\[ \Rightarrow \frac{A_1}{A_2} = \frac{N_1}{N_2} \times \frac{T_2}{T_1}\]
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