Re: Does the rate of radioactive decay depend on the speed of light?

Date: Wed Aug 22 12:16:00 2001
Posted By: Sidney Chivers, , Nuclear Engineering, retired
Area of science: Physics
ID: 997859688.Ph

Message:


The rate of radioactive decay does not depend on the speed of light.

Some of the decay radiations travel at the speed of light, i.e. gamma 
radiation.  Other radiations, such a alpha particles, travel at lower speeds 
dependent upon the kinetic energy of the particle.

Best references are college level physics, radiation, and nuclear engineering 
textbooks.

Thanks for your question.

sid

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