Re: Bismuth breaks half-life record

[maury <maury@webtexas.com>]

And we thought chads were a problem .....

Maury

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John Jacobus wrote:



> 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.

> . . .

>

> =====

> -- John

> John Jacobus, MS

> Certified Health Physicist

> e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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