Two radioactive substances $X$ and $Y$ initially contain equal number of nuclei. $X$ has a half-life of $1\, hour$ and $Y$ has a half-life of $2\, hours$. After $2\, hours$,the ratio of the activity of $X$ to the activity of $Y$ is

Half-lives for $\alpha$ and $\beta$ emission of a radioactive material are $16$ years and $48$ years respectively. When the material decays by giving $\alpha$ and $\beta$ emission simultaneously,the time in which $3/4$th of the material decays is ....... years.

The specific activity of radium is close to:

The half-life period of a radioactive sample is $3.8 \ days$. After how many days will the sample become $\frac{1}{8}$ of the original substance?

$A$ source contains two phosphorus radionuclides $_{15}^{32} P \left(T_{1/2} = 14.3 \ d\right)$ and $_{15}^{33} P \left(T_{1/2} = 25.3 \ d\right)$. Initially,$10\%$ of the decays come from $_{15}^{33} P$. How long must one wait until $90\%$ of the decays come from $_{15}^{33} P$?

The sample of a radioactive substance has $10^6$ nuclei. Its half-life is $20 \, s$. The number of nuclei that will be left after $10 \, s$ is nearly ...... $\times 10^5$.