summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to '2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce')
-rw-r--r--2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce b/2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f89b82a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2465/CH3/EX3.2/Ex3_2.sce
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//Chapter-3,Example 2,Page 56
+clc;
+close;
+
+m_alpha=6.646*10^-24 //mass of one alpha particle
+
+n= 2300 // number of alpha particles
+
+M=1*10^-6 //mass of plutonium
+
+//as -(dM/dt)= lamda*M
+//also (dM/dt)= n*m_alpha
+
+lamda=n*m_alpha/M
+
+t_half= 0.693/lamda //half life of Plutonium
+
+printf('the half life of Plutonium is %.f years', t_half)
+
+//mistake in text book