The term half life represents the time it takes

A. to dissolve half of the atoms in the lattice.
B. for half of the parent atoms to decay into daughter atoms.
C. for the Sun to decrease its size by 50 percent.
D. for the parent atoms to decay into atoms half their original size.


Answer: B

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