Re: Bismuth breaks half-life record

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

And if the proton does not decay . . .?



--- Jerry Cohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET> wrote:

> 

> It is hard for me to conceive of anything with a

> half-life of ~10^19 years

> as "radioactive". Given enough time, all matter will

> eventually decay, since

> the proton itself is reputed to decay with have a

> half-life of  ~10^31yr.

. . .





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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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