Integrated ConceptsSuppose you are designing a proton decay experiment and you can detect 50 percent of the proton decays in a tank of water. How many kilograms of water would you need to see one decay per month, assuming a lifetime of 1031 y ?

Integrated ConceptsSuppose you are designing a proton decay experiment and you can detect 50 percent of the proton decays in a tank of water. How many kilograms of water would you need to see one decay per month, assuming a lifetime of 1031 y ?

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Nuclear reactions are processes in which the fundamental characteristics of a nucleus changes. They change into a completely different nucleus. These processes occur naturally in an unstable nucleus. Bombarding an energetic particle can induce nuclear reactions. In this article, both the naturally occurring nuclear reactions are termed as radioactive decay and the induced nuclear reactions are further categorized as nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

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