Half-lives in a Sentence
  • The gamma emitters used have relatively long half-lives to give the instrument a good working life.
  • The range of observed apparent half-lives is broad, the apparent terminal half-life is generally in the range of 10 - 72 hours.
  • Some of the radionuclides released in great quantities have half-lives of millions of years.
  • Perhaps it's the chance of seeing a favorite celebrity schlepping trash or walking the dog, or maybe it's just seeing how the other half lives.