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Direct linkMurray, Arthur; Hart, Ian – Physics Education, 2012
The "radioactive dice" experiment is a commonly used classroom analogue to model the decay of radioactive nuclei. However, the value of the half-life obtained from this experiment differs significantly from that calculated for real nuclei decaying exponentially with the same decay constant. This article attempts to explain the discrepancy and…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Intervals, Experiments, Prediction
