Multiple Choice
Which statement regarding the activity of a radioactive sample is NOT correct?
A) The activity of a sample is the number of decay events per second.
B) The activity depends on a rate constant for the decay and the amount of the radioisotope in the sample.
C) Radioactive decay follows first-order reaction kinetics.
D) The activity will decrease to half its initial value in a time equal to lN2) / k, where k is the rate constant.
E) All of these are correct.
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