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  • If a sample of material decays at a certain rate over time, its half-life is defined as the time it takes for the sample to decay to half its ...
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  • If a sample of material decays at a certain rate over time, its half-life is defined as the time it takes for the sample to decay to half its ...
    8 KB (1,160 words) - 16:04, 3 August 2023
  • 246Cm) with 12C ions to make 254No (half-life 55 seconds). Their work ... that they created an isotope with a half-life of 10 minutes at 8.5 MeV ...
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  • as 227Ac, an α and β emitter, with a half-life of 21.773 years. One ton ... with the most stable being 227Ac with a half-life of 21.772 y, 225Ac with ...
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  • Berkeley. The team produced 256Md (half-life of 76 minutes) when they ... with the most stable being 258Md with a half-life of 51.5 days, 260Md with ...
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  • with alpha particles to produce 243Bk (half-life 4.5 hours) and two free ... californium. Weighable amounts of 249Bk (half-life 314 days) have been produced ...
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  • Ivy). They discovered the isotope 253Es (half-life 20.5 days) that was made ... with the most stable being 252Es with a half-life of 471.7 days, 254Es with ...
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  • table. Its most stable isotope is 262Lr, with a half-life of approximately four hours. It is synthesized from californium and is of interest mainly ...
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  • In Hindu iconography, Ardhanarisvara is depicted as half-male and ... and ishvara, meaning respectively, "half," "woman," ...
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  • with the most stable being 257Fm with a half-life of 100.5 days, 253Fm with a half-life of 3 days, 252Fm with a half-life of 25.39 hours, and ...
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  • to be discovered. The isotope curium-242 (half-life 163 days) was made by bombarding ... with the most stable being Cm-247, with a half-life of 1.56 × 107 years; Cm ...
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  • lived isotope protactinium-234m, with a half-life of about 1.17 minutes, ... most stable of these are 231-Pa, with a half-life (t½) of 32,760 years; ...
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  • rarity, which is a result of its extremely short half-life. ... lived member is 210At, which has a half-life of 8.1 hours; the shortest ...
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  • with the most stable being Tm-171 with a half-life of 1.92 years, Tm-170 with a half-life of 128.6 days, Tm-168 with a half-life of 93.1 days ...
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  • cyclotron which produced atoms of 245Cf (half-life 44 minutes) and a free neutron. ... the most stable ones are 251Cf, with a half-life of 898 years; 249Cf, with ...
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  • the neptunium isotope 239Np (2.4-day half-life) by bombarding uranium ... neutron capture creates 237U which has a half-life of seven days and thus ...
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  • with the most stable being 158-Tb with a half-life of 180 years, 157-Tb with a half-life of 71 years, and 160-Tb with a half-life of 72.3 days ...
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  • with the most stable being Er-169 with a half life of 9.4 days, Er-172 with a half-life of 49.3 hours, Er-160 with a half-life of 28.58 hours ...
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  • into 147Pm through beta decay with a half-life of 11 days. ... with the most stable being 145Pm with a half-life of 17.7 years, 146Pm with ...
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  • with the most stable being 154-Dy with a half-life of 3.0E+6 years, 159-Dy with a half-life of 144.4 days, and 166-Dy with a half-life of 81 ...
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  • Riis would be haunted for the rest of his life by the images of his drowning ... by Jacob Riis, 1888, from How the Other Half Lives. The image is taken ...
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