Concept information
Preferred term
half-life
Definition
- A measure of the rate of disintegration of a radionuclide or radioactive isotope. It is the time taken for a quantity of a radioactive isotope to reduce by a half by radioactive decay. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; half-life]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/half-life
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