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branching ratios

branching ratios is the plural of branching ratio.

Meaning of branching ratio

Noun

branching ratio (plural branching ratios)

  1. In radioactivity, the portion of all decays that take a given pathway. For example, californium-252 decays by alpha decay ~97% of the time, and by spontaneous fission ~3% of the time; so the branching ratio is about 0.97 in favor of alpha decay, and about 0.03 in favor spontaneous fission.

Questions about branching ratios

What is branching ratios the plural of?
Branching ratios is the plural of branching ratio.

Words near branching ratios in the dictionary

  1. branching off
  2. branching out
  3. branching process
  4. branching processes
  5. branching ratio
  6. branching ratios
  7. branchingly
  8. branchings
  9. branchio-
  10. branchiobdellid
  11. branchiobdellids

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