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The decay constant of radium emanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Extract

(1) A method has been devised and applied for measuring the decay Constant of radium emanation, the method depending on careful comparisons with a simple electroscope under the most favourable conditions.

(2) A mean value for the Constant of radium emanation has been obtained, with an error unlikely to exceed 0·2 per cent.: λ = 0·1808 day−1, or half-period 3·833 days.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1925

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