But what about the one from ebay I'm drinking! 2009/4/18 Bruce Griffiths <[email protected]>
> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
