RADIOACTIVE DECAY SIMULATION

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by D Noonan

from Sinclair User, November 1982



THIS PROGRAM simulates the random decay of atoms. When run, it displays 256

atoms and a bar chart; as one atom decays, a new one is born. The bar chart

keeps a record of the number of mother and daughter atoms. Every decay is

also marked by a burst of sound. The rate should slow if the decay is random.



Following the decay of the final atom you are asked to guess the half-life of

the atom. Your standing as a nuclear scientist is then analysed and you are

told how close you were to the answer.



Radioactive Decay was sent by D Noonan, of London N8.

