Simulation of radioactive decay, exercise E3
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3. Exercise

  • Enter 0.4 for the decay constant!
  • Before you start the simulation answer the first question.
  • Run one step of simulation and observe how many nuclei have been decayed!
  • Clear and repeat it several times!

Questions:

1) What activity do you expect from this radioactive material? (Hint: remember the following equation:

2) What might be the reason that you do not get back the expected value?

3) If you repeat the simulation several times, which is the interval where you get values?

 

 

 

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