Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ200060
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Publication Date: 1979-Feb
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Probabilistic Description of Radioactivity Based on the Good-as-New Postulate.
Barnett, Charles S.
American Journal of Physics, v47 n2 p173-77 Feb 1979
Shows how the good-as-new postulate leads to the exponential function, which in turn leads to a complete probabilistic description of the decay of an aggregate of identical excited atoms. (Author/GA)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, College Science, Higher Education, Models, Physics, Probability, Radiation, Science Education, Scientific Research, Theories
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Language: English
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