Sunday, April 17, 2016

nuclear physics - Do some half-lives change over time?


I was recently doing some physics tuition on radioactivity and the student claimed her chemistry teacher had said that radioactive substances can be grouped into two divisions: those whose half-life is constant and those whose half-life changes over time.



I had never heard of this before and can't think of any reason why a half-life should change, so does anyone else know anything about this?


(I know some half-lives can be altered under certain conditions, but I'm talking about a natural change over time).




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