Key term for OCR GCSE Physics B, used in Safe use of radioactivity.
The average time taken for the number of unstable nuclei in a sample (or the activity/count rate) to decrease by half.
Half-life appears in OCR GCSE Physics B revision content for Radioactive materials, especially Safe use of radioactivity and Safe use of radioactivity.
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