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Re: Nuclear decay

At 15:34 7/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
From the sister/brother list Chemed-l:
Conventional answer is "NO"
Anyone know otherwise?

John N. Cooper, Chemistry...

From: Robert W. Zoellner <rwz7001@humboldt.edu>
To: chemed-l@atlantis.uwf.edu
Subject: Nuclear decay
...
Are rates of nuclear decay affected by changes in temperature?
...
Robert W. Zoellner, Ph.D.

probability density of registering a particular nuclear event
can vary with orientation and temperature. That's the basis
of a cryothermal non-contact thermometer.

But that's not a global rate change.



brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
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