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Bateman equations

Bateman equations

[′bāt·mən i‚kwā·zhənz]
(nuclear physics)
A set of equations that give the number of atoms of each nuclide of a radioactive decay chain produced after a specified time, when a specified number of atoms of the parent nuclide are initially present.
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