Recent content by rickysio

Ehh, translational error from GC screen to words. Thanks for the help!

I got a value of 6.67e7, and I obtained it from -> 2e18 / (3e23 * 1e-15) Is that right? (Apparently I think too much for my own good. :X)

Erm, it's not that I don't understand what a transmission coefficient signifies, but it's more of how do I know how many collisions do occur? Out of the 3.0e23 + 2.0e18 = 3.0e23 particles, on average transmission occurs per 10e15 collision, so assuming that the radioactive particles do collide...

The probability for a particle to tunnel through the barrier?

Question seems to be chopped off?

Homework Statement In a particular atom, an alpha particle makes N collisions with a potential barrier in each second. The transmission coefficient at the barrier is 1.0e-15. In one second, 2.0e18 alpha particles are emitted from a group of 3.0e23 radioactive atoms. Find N. Homework...