Physics · Radioactivity
Radioactive decay processes are fundamentally random. Which statement correctly accounts for this randomness?
- 1It is due to limitations in current experimental measurement tools.
- 2Environmental thermal disturbances dominate the decay rate.
- 3Decay probability per unit time is an intrinsic quantum mechanical property.✓
- 4The act of measurement itself perturbs the nucleus.
Correct answer
Decay probability per unit time is an intrinsic quantum mechanical property.
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