Re: [asa] Changing rate of radioactive decay (New Scientist)

At 09:58 AM 10/27/2006, George Murphy wrote:

>"...I'm sure that if the YECs get hold of this they'll imagine some
>scenario in which Eve biting into an apple cooled the earth to
>millikelvin temperatures. .."

@ Not this one:

<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679916/posts?page=15#15>15
"As a YEC, I can't see how this explains anything on the timescale.
The temps required are far below anything that would occur naturally,
so this technique is probably not an explanation."

Then another guy says this:

<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679916/posts?page=18#18>18
"Radioactive materials emit heat. The lower the temperature to be
maintained, the less energy efficient the cooling. Thus, IF the
claims are true, accelerated radioactive decay would also mean
accelerated heat production which would require tremendous energy for
the cooling. A self-defeating proposition."

Someone else makes this observation:

<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679916/posts?page=20#20>20
"cooling the metal to a few degrees kelvin " Tsk, tsk! Physicsweb
should know better. You don't use 'degrees' with kelvin.
<http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Ehillger/temps.htm>http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Ehillger/temps.htm

More comments here from this thread that was posted to FR on 8/8/2006:

Radioactive Decay Not Always Constant?
Physics Web ^ | 31 July 2006 | Edwin Cartlidge
Posted on 08/08/2006 12:40:52 PM EDT by Sopater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679916/posts

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Received on Fri Oct 27 11:39:19 2006