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Old 25-10-2015, 01:38 AM
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pmrid (Peter)
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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
They hit an atom & create a shower of particles.

I think it's more likely that such hits occur from natural background radioactivity
that exists in every substance.
But that does not support the suggested longer sub = longer streak argument does it?
Or am I missing something.
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Peter
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