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Half-Lives and Radioactive Decay

Posted Oct11-08 at 10:13 PM by jacksonpeeble (Jackson Peebles's Blog)
Updated Jan12-09 at 03:51 PM by jacksonpeeble (Correction)

After asking my own question on half-lives and radioactive decay despite having read the library article on Radioactive Decay, I felt that I should post a less formal, more in-depth explanation of how to actually solve the equations.

There are two primary equations that I use when dealing with standard radioactive decay.
1. N=N0e-k*t
2. r=ln2/k

N represents the final amount remaining.
N0 represents the initial amount.
e is the standard variable...
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