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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (124801)2/18/2004 7:26:51 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Yes DJ, but when there's a lot of the stuff close together, that half life must reduce a lot. The critical mass has to be close enough that neutrons from one must be wearing down the adjacent mass quicker than if there was just a pinhead of the stuff.

Isn't half life a function of incoming neutrons too? A single uranium atom wondering when to go pop, like Shrodinger's Cat in a box, would be more likely to go pop if a neutron came zinging through the box and got it in the head!

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