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Three State Nuclear Decay Model
written by Wolfgang Christian
The Three State Nuclear Decay model extends the Two State Nuclear Decay model to simulate the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei in which the parent nucleus first decays into an intermediate state before decaying into a stable state. Although the decay of both the parent and intermediate nucleus (radionuclides) is spontaneous and unpredictable, the probability of decay of each  radionuclide is constant and is usually known.  The model displays a color-coded sample with N1 parent nuclides, N2 intermediate state nuclides, and N3 stable state nuclides.  Users can set the initial numbers N1 and N2, the decay the decay constants k1 and k2, and the time interval between measurements Δt before the simulation is run. The simulation counts the number of decay events and stops when all nuclides are in the stable state.
 
Check boxes display a plot and a table showing the time evolution of each state as well as the number of decay events in each time interval.  The data plot allows users to compare the data generated by the random decay model with a differential equation-based model.


The Three State Nuclear Decay model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_nuclear_ThreeStateNuclearDecay.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Modern Physics
- Nuclear Physics
= Radioactivity
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Probability
= Poisson Distribution
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
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Program released under GNU-GPL. Narrative is copyrighted.
License:
This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:
Wolfgang Christian
PACSs:
01.50.hv
07.05.Tp
02.50.-r
Keywords:
exponential decay, half-life, radioactive decay, statistical physics
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created January 7, 2011 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
June 12, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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January 8, 2011
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is there an EJSS version of the evolution page?

Author: lookang
Posted: October 15, 2015 at 4:45AM

dear professor wolfgang,

i was unable to work the old EJS evolution page intot he new EJSS evolution page using this model.

is there an easier way to implement a nuclear decay evolution page model in EJSS?

i have made some changes here
http://iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics/04-waves/01-superposition/237-three-state-nuclear-decay

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Christian, W. (2011). Three State Nuclear Decay Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10577&DocID=2069
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Christian, Wolfgang. Three State Nuclear Decay Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2011. Java 1.5. 13 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10577&DocID=2069>.
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Three State Nuclear Decay Model:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Three State Nuckear Decay Model.

relation by Wolfgang Christian
Is Based On Two State Nuclear Decay Model

The three-state model is an extension of the two-state nuclear decay model.

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