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The half-life of a radioactive element, such as carbon-14, is the time it takes for half of the atoms of the element to decay. How many half-life periods have passed if a fossil contains 1 32 of the original amount of carbon-14?

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This half-life represents the time in which the number of radioactive nuclei falls to 1/2 of its starting value. Activity, being proportional to the number of active nuclei, also has the same half-life. Life of all the radioactive elements is infinite. Radioactive decay constant 'λ', of different elements different.

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