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Nuclear Decay Measurement

• Decay can be measured with an instrument that detects “disintegrations”. The rate can be obtained by “counting” them over a period of time. e.g. disintegrations / second (dps)

• The rate of decay follows first order kinetics

• The rate law produces the following equation for the half life:

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