Approx 1/8 will remain.
It is 1/8 .
1/8 of the original amount remains.
One eighth remains.
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It tells what fraction of a radioactive sample remains after a certain length of time.
It is 1/8 .
Not sure what you mean by "had-lives". After 3 half lives, approx 1/8 would remain.
1/8 of the original amount remains.
The answer depends on 3240 WHAT: seconds, days, years?
No, the size of a radioactive sample does not affect its half-life. The half-life is a characteristic property of a radioactive isotope, defined as the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay. This property is intrinsic to the isotope itself and remains constant regardless of the amount of material present. Thus, whether you have a small or large sample, the half-life will remain the same.
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After three half-lives, only 1/8 (or 12.5%) of the original radioactive sample remains. This is because each half-life reduces the amount of radioactive material by half, so after three half-lives, you would have (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/8 of the original sample remaining.
After 5 half-lives, 3.125% (or 1/2^5) of a radioactive sample remains. Each half-life reduces the sample by half, so after 5 half-lives, there is only a small fraction of the original sample remaining.
If I take a radioactive sample of 400 moles of an unknown substance and let it decay to the point of three half-lives I would have 50 moles left of the sample. 1/2 of what is left will decay in the next half-life. At the end of that half-life I will have 25 moles left of the unknown substance or 4/25.
I suppose that you think to the radioactive isotope Cs-17; After 4 years remain 9,122 g.
It disintegrates into its daughter nuclei that are much more stabler than the radioactive nuclei. If a sample of radioacictive material is left it will decay into another element over a period of time. Note that complete decay is not possible. A fraction of the original radioactive material will always remain in the sample.