An investigation to monitor the rate of blood flow through a patient's kidney requires taking continuous measurements for about 45 minutes.
The radioactive tracer injected has a half-life of 6 hours.
State why a tracer with a half-life of 5 minutes is not suitable for this investigation.
90 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 6.3 Nuclear equations and decay, covering 6.3.1 Beta-minus and beta-plus decay, 6.3.2 Effects of decay on the nucleus, and 6.3.3 Balancing nuclear equations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.