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Million Whys
Radium-226 has a half-life of about 1,602 years. What does that number actually tell you about a sample of radium-226?
Each radium atom is set to decay at exactly 1,602 years
After about 1,602 years, roughly half of the original radium atoms remain
After 1,602 years, all the radium has decayed into stable atoms
