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Subject: does radioactivity stop at the absolute zero of temperature?

Date: Mon Dec 7 13:06:44 1998
Posted by R Marshall
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: oakham school
City: oakham State/Province: rutland
Country: U.K.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 913057604.Ph
Message:

nuclear cooling techniques cool nuclei very close to abs zero. any alpha or beta radt will increase entropy, but the 3rd law has entropy changes going to zero as the abs temp goes to zero


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