From: "jim" <jim@nowhere.cam>
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Half-life of EC-Decay Isotope in Fully Ionized Plasma
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 18:55:19 -0700
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Since electron capture decay isotopes capture the inner most electron which
has a precise energy and location distribution, I was curious how the
electronic state of an atom like Ca-41 affects half-life? Ca-41 at STP has
a half-life of about 1e5 years. What's Ca-41's half-life in a fully ionized
plasma or in a white dwarf?