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Spontaneous fission, decay rates, and critical mass

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foreveryoung
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01-08-2012 3:39 PM

Does anybody know what factors determine how fast or slow any particular unstable isotope decays?
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01-08-2012 8:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by NoNukes
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Or are you referring to factors that might affect the decay rate of a particular isotope such as K40 or Carbon 14?

Those kind

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