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exponential decay
Variation of a quantity (generally the activity of a quantity of a radionuclide) according to the law Math - ei where Math - text and Math - text are the values of the quantity being considered at time Math - text and zero respectively, and Math - text is an appropriate constant.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1533 (Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)) on page 1541
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/E02275.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/E02275.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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