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English: Three different ways to plot radioactive decay I/Io = 2-t/τ½ = Exp[-t/τ1/e]: linear-scale (left), linlog-scale (center), and loglog-scale (right). The plots also illustrate complementary roles for half-life τ½ ≡ ln[2]τ1/e and e-folding time τ1/e ≡ 1/λ where λ is known as the "decay constant". As you can see, linlog makes exponential decays in general easy to recognize as straight lines, while loglog shows the extent to which these characteristic times flag a point beyond which the fraction "undecayed", "unscattered", or "unprecipitated" basically falls off a cliff. |
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| Source | Own work |
| Author | P. Fraundorf |
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