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How would you calculate the half life of an isotope without being given any other information? Would you need to use the Gamow factor?
How do you calculate the half life of an isotope without other information?
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Searching Gamow factor on the web should give you various hits that vary in sophistication. For example
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/alpdec.html
https://dspace.ist.utl.pt/bitstream/2295/931523/1/Ex8Serie1/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/alpdec.html
https://dspace.ist.utl.pt/bitstream/2295/931523/1/Ex8Serie1/
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