Published March 2004
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Journal article
The law of radioactive decay
Description
This article deals with the law of radioactive decay (Rutherford-Sody's law) and the way to explain it to high-school or grammar-school students. The mathematical content of the law is recalled and its experimental validation is proposed through the study of the decay of a population of radon-220 atoms. The analysis of the experimental data is made easier by using software such as Generis, Regressi or even Excel
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Loi de decroissance radioactive
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens
- Journal Issue
- no.862
- Journal Page Range
- p. 419-442
- ISSN
- 0366-3876
- CODEN
- BTUPAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 35061259
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADOLESCENTS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; NUCLEAR DECAY; RADON 220
- Descriptors DEC
- AGE GROUPS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATION