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branching ratio

noun

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  1. In radioactivity, the portion of all decays that take a given pathway. For example,…

    In radioactivity, the portion of all decays that take a given pathway. For example, californium-252 decays by alpha decay ~97% of the time, and by spontaneous fission ~3% of the time; so the branching ratio is about 0.97 in favor of alpha decay, and about 0.03 in favor spontaneous fission.

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No curated loop yet for branching ratio. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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