Half Life Chemistry Problems - Nuclear Radioactive Decay Calculations Practice Examples

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2016
  • This chemistry video tutorial shows explains how to solve common half life radioactive decay problems. It shows you a simple technique to find the final amount of the sample that remains and how to get that same answer using a formula / equation. This video contains plenty of examples and practice problems.
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  • @TheOrganicChemistryTutor
    @TheOrganicChemistryTutor  Год назад +17

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  • @danielcervantes7826
    @danielcervantes7826 Год назад +140

    You condensed a week long module into an 18-minute lesson for me, you are a life saver

  • @yetesko
    @yetesko 3 года назад +466

    My professor Dr. Freeman got mad when I used an easier method so I’m glad I watched this video. Thank you!

    • @frankenwaifu8092
      @frankenwaifu8092 3 года назад +24

      Dr. Freeman?

    • @tap5263
      @tap5263 3 года назад +71

      @@frankenwaifu8092 yeah I had him once, he was a mute and had an interpreter. Pretty cool dude

    • @petereziagor4604
      @petereziagor4604 3 года назад +8

      I feel his pain

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    • @peterrex5894
      @peterrex5894 2 года назад +16

      @@frankenwaifu8092 he is the main protagonist of the video game "Half Life

  • @HEMMOROIDGAMING420
    @HEMMOROIDGAMING420 2 года назад +34

    Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional!

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    @ginojovellanos3562 6 лет назад +322

    The organic chem tutor is professional in teaching both math and science😄

  • @brownieeater382
    @brownieeater382 5 лет назад +109

    This video is a life saver. I don’t understand my chemistry teacher’s explanations but this video really helped me out. Thanks!

  • @GemaPratamaAditya
    @GemaPratamaAditya 3 года назад +71

    whoops. wrong half life

  • @gabrielmiller7586
    @gabrielmiller7586 3 года назад +10

    This is the best video I could have asked for. It answered my questions, and it was immensely helpful.

  • @paulbuschman8318
    @paulbuschman8318 7 лет назад +44

    As always, extremely helpful. Thank you!

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    @byronkenoly 6 лет назад +13

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  • @elenacalvillo158
    @elenacalvillo158 6 лет назад +36

    I like how you did both methods to solve these problems. Honestly, I actually find the equation to be easier to use because you get to find everything and just have it all in one setting to divide.

  • @goofyahhhh4089
    @goofyahhhh4089 7 лет назад +44

    Thank you so much! I am glad I found this video. I watched so many and they all were more confusing than helpful.

  • @mustafatolgatokucu
    @mustafatolgatokucu 4 года назад +225

    Made by Gordon Freeman

    • @silver9181
      @silver9181 Год назад +5

      Yeah half life 2 cool

    • @jamesihara
      @jamesihara 10 месяцев назад

      HALF LIFE FAN LETS GOOOOO🧪🧪

  • @romflan8120
    @romflan8120 4 года назад +226

    Not the Half Life I was looking for...

  • @akamiyire4147
    @akamiyire4147 4 года назад +8

    the way you solve problem is like you have magic in your hands, thank's sir I never knew that half life is this simple.

  • @hollytang8769
    @hollytang8769 3 года назад +29

    I feel my anxiety slowly going away 😭 Thank you, you are the God of stem 😘

  • @lavendelelv
    @lavendelelv 4 года назад +14

    I was in science today and so many of us were confused! but i love our science teacher very polite and good at explaining but i’m just lost 😆 this helped very much as it went at my pace thank u!!

  • @roryjamieson60
    @roryjamieson60 4 года назад +2

    This has been maybe my 6/7th time watching a video of yours in the past 5 days - very helpful!

  • @ikennaogwogwo
    @ikennaogwogwo Год назад +8

    Thank you, bro.
    I'm studying Fire Safety Engineering at Ulster of University and this tutorial refreshes my A-level chemistry.

  • @klovesjb36
    @klovesjb36 3 года назад +19

    I wish you had been my professors for everything! I watch a different video everytime and I feel like I've learned more in this time then I had in 5 years

  • @tyrant0424
    @tyrant0424 4 года назад +4

    My teacher made this stuff seem hard but you make it seem easy. Thank a lot man!

  • @yobruh6029
    @yobruh6029 5 лет назад +80

    A (1/2)^H=R
    A= initial mass
    H= number of half life
    R= remaining mass

    • @hayleysingh474
      @hayleysingh474 3 года назад +1

      Yooo thanks

    • @GraceSavedMe-
      @GraceSavedMe- 2 года назад

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    • @vivia9975
      @vivia9975 2 года назад +5

      I might be wrong but isn’t it
      N(t) = N0 * (1/2) ^ t/T
      N(t) = Remaining Mass
      N0= initial mass
      t= days that have passed
      T= half life
      For the first example it would be:
      N(t) = 200 * (1/2) ^ 32/8
      N(t) = 12.5

    • @kandgray
      @kandgray 2 года назад +4

      k but how am I gonna remember that formula?? :(((

    • @vivia9975
      @vivia9975 2 года назад +1

      wait I have to correct myself: t= time that has passed

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    @lisacihcspcosm4675 6 лет назад +7

    You are a fantastic tutor!! Thanks for taking the time to teach us. Your videos are so helpful.

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    @gagerivera2289 Год назад +2

    I never went to class during this subject and this video alone taught me the entire concept, THANK YOU

  • @cunninglus4795
    @cunninglus4795 3 года назад +7

    If your calculator is fx-991ES plus like mine (or quite possibly could be applied to some) just press Alpha then x10^x button labeled as pie and you'll get the e.

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  • @brigettebarnes1131
    @brigettebarnes1131 6 лет назад +2

    This video really helped to explain how the decay equation can be used, thank you!

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  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 5 лет назад +67

    So there are 2 equations that can be used and manipulated for all of these half-life problems:
    A Final = A*e^(-kt) and k = (ln2)/half-life & algebra is used to move the stuff around.
    Why did my instructor over complicate this so much?

    • @tomatrix7525
      @tomatrix7525 4 года назад +1

      The Desi Vegan my prof took two weeks to explain what you did in several sentences. Two weeks later and he had evertone confused and asleep....

    • @unanimousd5403
      @unanimousd5403 3 года назад

      what is the value of “e”? i don’t get it

    • @ninjanerdstudent6937
      @ninjanerdstudent6937 3 года назад +2

      @@unanimousd5403 in your T.I. Calculator just enter “e” to the power of “1”. It’s a constant.

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  • @preetibedi2833
    @preetibedi2833 4 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this video, at least you can explain it correctly, verses my teacher. Keep on making more videos like these!

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    @ngoziiheme7583 4 года назад +3

    This is so helpful. You are such a life saver. Thank you so much

  • @sujatsatapathy478
    @sujatsatapathy478 Год назад +2

    Thank you brother I am in class 8 but I couldn't understand the basics of half life taught by my teacher but you did taught me in minutes.... appreciate it man.

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  • @sharonprathiba9298
    @sharonprathiba9298 3 года назад +1

    i had real confusion with this concept. But you made very easy for me. Thank you so much

  • @savannahzephorahraganas7046
    @savannahzephorahraganas7046 3 года назад +2

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  • @titilayoolaluwoye9491
    @titilayoolaluwoye9491 Год назад

    Finally ! I've been trying so hard to understand this half
    life , thank you sir for the explanations

  • @yolandaschuenke4384
    @yolandaschuenke4384 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! You make it seem so easy.

  • @myatthaeoo3283
    @myatthaeoo3283 4 года назад +1

    wow your explanation is the best, now i can solve half-life problems within a minute or two... thank you so much

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    @victoriasouthard3791 3 года назад +2

    Studying for my Subject Area test to teach! Love your channel it helps so much! The only thing I wish you had in the description was a link to a sharable document with all your problems in the video!

  • @averyfichter8516
    @averyfichter8516 9 месяцев назад +1

    youre legit so helpful i have a quiz tomorrow partially regarding half lives, I'll let yall know how it goes!!! THANK YOU

  • @jstchillin3904
    @jstchillin3904 Год назад

    Legit taugh a whole period in 18 minutes, I appreciate you.

  • @conleyquick1005
    @conleyquick1005 4 года назад +2

    THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANK U!!!!

  • @jaredbourne4201
    @jaredbourne4201 4 года назад +2

    love your videos
    i have better understanding of half-life thanks to you bro

  • @clairebanguis7227
    @clairebanguis7227 2 года назад +1

    Finally I understood this lesson
    THANK YOU PROFESSOR you help me a lot

  • @kingmaker3683
    @kingmaker3683 2 месяца назад +3

    Sir your explanation is awesome and so vivid....Thanks a lot

  • @karimmohammed189
    @karimmohammed189 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much it actually wasn't written in our book and I didn't understand it but now I do thanks to your video.😊😊😊

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    @akshaysree595 7 лет назад +2

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  • @uchechukwuuzowuru5752
    @uchechukwuuzowuru5752 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this video. I needed to quickly understand half life as simple as possible. I have an exam today, I hope a question comes out from this so I can dust off the question paper

  • @p-switcher4468
    @p-switcher4468 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for help me understand these problems!

  • @annascott6984
    @annascott6984 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks so much, I understand half life much better now! :D

  • @ammarparmr
    @ammarparmr 7 лет назад +6

    Thank You, but how we can write the half life in terms of days and hours?

  • @ashhu5395
    @ashhu5395 5 лет назад +1

    This really helped me thanks a lot👏👏

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    @Schoolemail-qx1cu 2 месяца назад +2

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  • @rodrigobaldeon8443
    @rodrigobaldeon8443 4 года назад

    I have a test this friday and this concept will be in it and my chemistry teacher Ms Harris (shoutout to her) didn't explain this way and overcomplicated my class.

  • @bagakayko
    @bagakayko 5 лет назад +142

    My professor was furious at me when i used the easier solutions on the finals lul

    • @kevinngo640
      @kevinngo640 4 года назад +10

      bagakay ko same, I feel they so dumb in maths because they just think they are smart, but they don’t know other people can understand their complicated solution or not. I hate math course from university and college.

    • @rxseqvartz5679
      @rxseqvartz5679 4 года назад +1

      when you go to collage its the opposite lol

    • @datboi1861
      @datboi1861 4 года назад +7

      That's a bad teacher.

    • @drwatsonater1381
      @drwatsonater1381 3 года назад +10

      i once completed a exam without using any of the methods taught in lecture and my prof. handed the exam back graded, he had written on the top that he couldn't mark my work incorrect because i still got the answer right. But isn't that the whole point? to find the answer regardless of means (with the exception of cheating of course).

    • @brookslevitate4428
      @brookslevitate4428 3 года назад +2

      @@drwatsonater1381 I have had some exam questions specify the method they want to be used.. But most the time its simply find the answer snd show how you got it--irregardless of what method you used.

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  • @leafsalami7583
    @leafsalami7583 2 года назад +1

    It's easy to understand half-life, because it's basically dealing with exponents of 2. But this a real help to calculate it, instead of getting a headache trying to do it myself.

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    One of the best tutors, If not the best.

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    Thank you so much for this!

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    Many thanks in anticipation.

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    Half life?, more like life saver!! thanks man, needed it for my exam tomorrow

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    half life is my favorite game!

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      i'm also participating a nuclear science quiz bee lol

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    @jhamestonmadali8253 3 года назад +1

    do we need to subtract the two amounts to get the Af in the 4th question like in the 2nd question??

  • @finemenbd
    @finemenbd 6 лет назад +1

    thnx man .i wish u were my physics teacher

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    @emilycarmichael4576 4 года назад

    thanks for the practice!

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    Rise and shine, Dr. Freeman.

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    @AyakaSori 4 года назад

    Forever grateful for your videos

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    Thank u brother.. it's very useful for me

  • @Fayaz-sd4ww
    @Fayaz-sd4ww Год назад

    Thankyou it helps and it works

  • @ukemeezekiel9637
    @ukemeezekiel9637 3 года назад +1

    Pls sir help me with this radioactivity calculation: A certain inhibitor was added to a chemical reaction, increasing the activation energy by 40% at 30°C. If the initial half life of the reaction is 55mins, determine the half life of the inhibited reaction(assuming the reaction is a first order reaction).

  • @amarprasad8557
    @amarprasad8557 Год назад

    Very nice video. Even a student of history graduate like understand the explanation. Thank you. Keep it up. ❤❤

  • @renshifter3804
    @renshifter3804 7 лет назад +8

    do we need to convert years to days if we want to get the half life like in the first question

    • @UltimatePrinceofBB
      @UltimatePrinceofBB 6 лет назад +2

      Radi0active Space not really, i think it depends on what unit of measurement (in time) is being asked for final answer

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    @weqaralwahaibi7293 7 лет назад +3

    literally the best!

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    @ilaydamahmutoglu5942 2 года назад +1

    ı understand nothing in the class but now ı know everything .thank you sir...

  • @silentassailant3905
    @silentassailant3905 3 года назад

    literally had to lookup that ln calculation. haven't got to it yet in my text book I started late in my course and this is gonna help

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    @epikjordyn 4 года назад +1

    I have my first exam as a freshman tomorrow, which is science. Thank you so much!

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    @aaronius4444 3 года назад +14

    You are literally keeping my mental health afloat. Thank you

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      @tragedy2722 3 года назад

      Pls Aaron I know you don’t know me but pls help me with my work it’s due tomorrow if u reply I’ll send you the questions lol

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  • @gloryndjambi8373
    @gloryndjambi8373 Год назад +1

    Great teaching

  • @graceaderinto8717
    @graceaderinto8717 2 года назад

    Thank you for the explanation it's really helpful

  • @Alhaj_Muhammad.
    @Alhaj_Muhammad. 10 месяцев назад

    Perfect explanation sir

  • @Kaltinril
    @Kaltinril 9 месяцев назад

    that first equation thank you, helped me with my neice

  • @anjalivinod7448
    @anjalivinod7448 6 лет назад

    sir thq . it was vry useful for me to solve all my board isc sums

  • @venugopal9299
    @venugopal9299 5 лет назад +1

    nice video helped a lot.

  • @myfccs
    @myfccs 9 месяцев назад +4

    For people that haven't learnt about the 'In and e^ thing' I've 'concluded' an equation from this video, hope this would help
    (Initial amount) = (final amount)*(1/2^((exp time)/(half life)))
    the exp time and half life should be in same unt, eg: both in days
    this worked for me anyways, so idk if im wrong or not 😂

    • @JaelorAvilaPoulin
      @JaelorAvilaPoulin 8 месяцев назад

      Nope! This is legit man! I your equation written in symbol form: N=N_0 * (1/2)^(t/h)
      N= amount solving for
      N_0= initial amount
      t=time elapsed
      h=half life
      This works because whenever t is equal to the half life, we are raising the factor 1/2 to the first power which of course equals itself and that product times initial amount will equal half the initial amount which checks out with the whole idea of "half-life".
      ex. problem in the video with iodine-131
      N=200 * (1/2)^(t/8)
      plug in the value for t = N=200 * (1/2)^(32/8)
      = N=200 * (1/2)^4
      =N=200 * 0.0625
      =N=12.5

  • @yimanubadey-hv2hh
    @yimanubadey-hv2hh Год назад

    never gonna fail another half life question again
    tnx!!!!

  • @sabrinamata3431
    @sabrinamata3431 2 года назад +1

    so these equations can be applied no matter if the reaction is zero, first, or second order half life reactions?