Half-Life Calculator

Online calculator to calculate the half-life given a given decrease per period


This function calculates the time or periods it takes until the value of an amount is halved for a given decrease per period.

Alternatively, the decrease can be calculated in % per period, which is needed to halve the value in the specified time.


Half-Life Calculator

 What should be calculated?
Input
% decrease per period
Number of periods
Decimal places
Result
Half-life (periods)
% decrease per period

Half-life formulas


\(t\) = half-life (periods)
\(d\) = decrease in % per period
\(\displaystyle t = \frac{log(0.5)}{log(1-\frac{d}{100})}\)

\(\displaystyle d=-(e^{\left(\frac{log(0.5)}{t}\right)}-1)\cdot 100\)

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