#FIG 3.2
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Center
Inches
Letter  
20.00
Single
-2
1200 2
6 1200 4125 5625 6000
6 1200 4575 5475 6000
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 3300 1200 4905 emits a beta minus\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 2925 1200 5385 particle which is\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4230 1200 5865 just a very fast electron.\001
-6
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4365 1200 4425 On decay the carbon-14\001
-6
6 375 6600 5925 7950
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4485 375 6900 Initially the beta minus is\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4845 375 7380 dangerous to life because it\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 5490 375 7860 can destroy organic molecules.\001
-6
6 900 1350 5925 2700
3 0 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 0 0 0 8
	 3450 2250 3450 2175 3525 2175 3525 2250 3600 2250 3600 2250
	 3675 2250 3750 2175
	 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.000
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 2400 1275 1650 A radioactive\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4845 900 2550 with half-life = 6000 years\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 60 105 5775 2550 .\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 3390 1125 2100 carbon-14 nucleus\001
-6
1 3 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 1 0.0000 3150 3375 474 474 3150 3375 3300 3825
1 3 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 1 0.0000 10650 3375 503 503 10650 3375 10875 3825
1 3 0 1 0 7 100 0 0 0.000 1 0.0000 6300 7200 150 150 6300 7200 6300 7350
2 1 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 3
	 4275 3375 8925 3375 8025 2925
2 1 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 8025 3750 8925 3375
2 1 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 3
	 6300 3900 6300 6750 5700 5925
2 1 0 1 0 7 100 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 6300 6750 6975 5925
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4080 8850 1275 to a stable nitrogen-14\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 4140 8775 1800 nucleus.   Stable means\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4275 8775 2700 change to anything else.\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4065 8700 2250 it won't spontaneously\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4215 7875 7050 The high kinetic energy\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 3570 7875 7530 of the beta minus is \001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 5220 7875 8010 distributed through collisions\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 4215 7875 8490  in dense environments.\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4125 7800 9075 The distributed energy \001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4335 7800 9555 becomes thermal energy\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 3480 7800 10035 of the environment.\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 1860 225 9600 DJ Jeffery\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 330 2265 225 10080 UNLV 2003\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 45 0.0000 4 615 8400 75 525 Decay of a Carbon-14 Nucleus\001
4 0 0 100 0 0 30 0.0000 4 390 4035 8700 825 The carbon-14 decays\001