decay constant

English

Noun

decay constant (plural decay constants)

  1. In a radioactive material, an atom's probability, per unit time, of decaying. It is related to half-life by the equation T = (ln 2)/k, where T is the half-life, ln is the natural log function, and k is the decay constant.
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