All radioactive decay processes follow first-order kinetics.

(a) What does this mean?

(b) What happens to the rate of radioactive decay as the number of nuclides is halved?

(c) What are the first-order rate law and the integrated first-order rate law?

(d) What is the half-life equation for radioactive decay processes?

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1) A radioactive nucleus of unknown identity is observed to simultaneously decay towards two different but stable decay products, y and z. Both decay pathways are characterized by two separate rate constants, k₁ and k₂ respectively. Nevertheless, the decay of the radioactive nucleus is characterized by a single half-life. Determine this half-life in hours given k₁ = 0.088000 h^-1 and k₂ = 0.059000 h^-1.

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