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I've seen it said that it takes 10 halflives for something to decay all the way away. So like 1000 years for this to flush itself.
by Fatnino 3y ago
I've seen it said that it takes 10 halflives for something to decay all the way away.
So like 1000 years for this to flush itself.
- jbboehr 3y ago> I've seen it said You can estimate it yourself: 0.5 ^ 10 = 0.0009765625 (~0.1%) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life#Probabilistic_nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life#Probabilistic_nature > When there are many identical atoms decaying, the law of large numbers suggests that it is a very good approximation to say that half of the atoms remain after one half-life