Physics - Nuclear Physics (8 of 22) Finding the Decay Constant

[@radiationraven]

This is great. I studied as an archaeologist, working with thermoluminescent dating and C14 dating. For lack of a decent paying job (oh, how they love free labor!) I went into training in Medical Physics working as a Radiation Therapist. I really wish KZbin had been invented back then (or the internet, for that matter!) and this had been there. I struggle finding Lambda no more! Of course, I'm a Chef now… but I still use physics every day! Convection, conduction, induction, thermodynamics...

[@MichelvanBiezen]

Yes, it would have been great if the internet existed when I went to school

[@jaskiratsingh4694]

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[@MichelvanBiezen]

Thank You. That's a lovely comment.

[@jaskiratsingh4694]

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[@youssefrefaat1594]

lambda stands for "K" which is the reaction rate constant;

[@Lolwg98]

Great video! Thank you.

[@duaamuhana]

Amazing teacher!

[@sunethrarajapaksha4302]

Sir,what is the real definition of decay constant

[@karhukivi]

It is the rate of decay, like depreciation. It is just the proportion of the total number of atoms that decay per second. Like a car, if the value is depreciated by 20% every year, the total value is decreased progressively. In that case we would say the "decay constant" for the car is 0.20 in units of "per year".

[@blackpink5885]

@@karhukivi thank uu it helped me a lot bcz i was asking ly self what is the meaning of lambda and it annoys me that i don't know the answer, now due to ur explaination i got it

[@curtpiazza1688]

Great! 😊

[@MichelvanBiezen]

Thanks! 😊

[@everg14]

youre the best!

[@sidakbhatia1206]

Your videos are great but in these videos you should associated this with first order chemical kinetics

[@kellysmith23]

I just understood what you just thought I need how to solve the same thing when there is a percentage %

[@germanverner6501]

Thankyou