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Three-State Nuclear JS Model
written by Wolfgang Christian
The Three-State Nuclear Decay JavaScript Model extends the Two-State Nuclear Decay JavaScript 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. Before the simulation starts, users can set the initial numbers N1 and N2, the decay constants k1 and k2, and the time interval between measurements Δt. The simulation counts the number of decay events ΔN1 and ΔN2 within Δt and stops when all nuclides are in the stable state.

The Two-State Nuclear Decay Javascript Model was developed using the Easy Java/JavaScript Simulations (EjsS) modeling tool. You can modify this simulation if you have Easy Java/JavaScript Simulations (EjsS) version 5.2 or above installed by downloading source code and importing the zip file into EjsS.
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Modern Physics
- Nuclear Physics
= Radioactivity
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Probability
= Poisson Distribution
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
- application/zip
- application/javascript
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Program released under GNU-GPL. Narrative is copyrighted.
License:
This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 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 March 3, 2016 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
October 31, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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March 3, 2016
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W. Christian, Computer Program THREE-STATE NUCLEAR JS MODEL, Version 1.0 (2016), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13991&DocID=4372).
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Christian, W. (2016). Three-State Nuclear JS Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13991&DocID=4372
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Christian, Wolfgang. "Three-State Nuclear JS Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13991&DocID=4372 (accessed 12 December 2024).
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Christian, Wolfgang. Three-State Nuclear JS Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2016. 12 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13991&DocID=4372>.
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