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It tells how long it takes for a radioactive isotope to become a daughter element.

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The half-life of a radioisotope is the time it takes for half of the original sample to decay. It provides information on the stability and decay rate of the radioisotope. This information is useful in various scientific fields, such as Archaeology, medicine, and nuclear physics.

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The half life is the time when 50 % of the atoms of an isotope disintegrate.

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It gives the length of time after which half the atoms in the isotope have undergone radioactive decay.

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Half-life indicates how quickly the isotope will disintegrate.

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