Steve Krull wrote: > Especially if the snake oil is used to pan-fry a nice bit of chicken... > Alan - see you at RAL! > Steve > WB0DBS > > ---- Alan Melia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What radioactive decay ?? There are isotopes of most of these naturally >> occuring "alkaline" elements but most are very stable.....you dont want the >> gas in your Rb lamp transmuting away !! >> There may even be "nutritional benefits in snake oil :-)) >> Alan G3NYK >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > Alan
The Rubidium 87 in the absorption cell is a beta emitter with a half life of 4.88E10 years. It decays to Strontium 87 which is stable. However, the Rubidium 85 used as an optical bandpass filter in a conventional rubidium standard is stable. Bruce _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
