Half life is defined as the time it takes for a half of the sample to decay into a stable form. For example, if you start off with 100 grams of a sample, and the half life is two days, in two days you will have 50 grams, the next two you will have 25, and so on.
We did a lab on half life, we had to figure out who the missing person was by figuring out how long they have been dead. For this experiment, we cut up little pieces of paper and then dumped them out from a cup. The one facing up we took out, they demonstrated the atoms that have been decayed in the first half life. Each half life took ten years; we repeated this six more times. With this information, we found out who was missing.
Your explanation of half life summarizes the main concepts of half life really well! I like how you included the lab with your explanation. I would suggest to include pictures of the lab to help visualize the steps next time.
ReplyDeleteYour post helps to clearly explain and review what we did in the lab. I believe the lab was easy, but time consuming but it helped to increase our understanding of half-life.
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