The EJS Radioactive Decay Model simulates the decay of a radioactive sample using discrete random events. It displays the number of radioactive nuclei as a function of time. You can change the initial number of nuclei and the decay constant as well as changing the plot to a semi-log plot.
The Radioactive Decay model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_ms_explicit_RadioactiveDecay.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models are available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.
Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.5 of Java.
Radioactive Decay Model Source Code
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the free particle wave packet model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS. download 22kb .zip
Published: January 11, 2009
W. Christian, Computer Program RADIOACTIVE DECAY MODEL, Version 1.0 (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8453&DocID=929).
W. Christian, Computer Program RADIOACTIVE DECAY MODEL, Version 1.0 (2009), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8453&DocID=929>.
Christian, W. (2009). Radioactive Decay Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8453&DocID=929
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%0 Computer Program %A Christian, Wolfgang %D January 11, 2009 %T Radioactive Decay Model %7 1.0 %8 January 11, 2009 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8453&DocID=929
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