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On  9 Jan 97 at 16:08, Robert B. Waltz wrote:

> >I agree that radioactive decay is uniform, since, as Bob mentioned,
> >there are huge numbers of atoms (in a mole of U, 6.02 x 10^23, if I
> >remember correctly--that's several hundred, what, sextillion?).
> 
> Footnotes: the number of atoms in a mole is always the same. The
> number looks right, though. (I'm too lazy to go downstairs and dig
> up my CRC handbook.)

Yes, it's Avogadro's number  and yes, it's correct.

Lewis Reich
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