Half Life
type: Ontology
creation date: 2026-08-06T07:58:51+02:00
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Half Life
type: Subject
type: Category:Glossary
page: https://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/wiki/Half_Life
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glossary abbreviation: HL or t1/2
glossary abiguities: Chemical Degradation
glossary definition: 1. The half-life of a radioactive substance is a characteristic constant that measures the time it takes for a given amount of the substance to become reduced by half as a consequence of decay, and therefore, the emission of the radiatiom
glossary definition: 2. The biological half-life or terminal half-life of a substance is the time it takes for a substance (for example a metabolite, drug, signalling molecule, radioactive nuclide, or other substance) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity. In a medical context, half-life may also describe the time it takes for the blood plasma concentration of a substance to halve (plasma half-life) its steady-state
glossary sources: 1 http://atomic.lindahall.org/what-is-meant-by-half-life.html (1.); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_half-life (2.)
glossary subterm of: Radioaktive Substances
wiki page creation date: 2017-11-02T14:39:29Z
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wiki page last editor: User:Lilly Schoen
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