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7. Half-life sparkles

Sparks caused by an angle grinder tend to fly over a certain distance and then to split into several smaller sparks. What causes them to split? What is the condition for a split to occur? What influences the distance before the split? What will be the distance distribution of the sparks to fly? Be extremely careful when performing experiments!

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8.80

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6.60

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7.60

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7.40

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5.40

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6.40

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8.00

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8.40

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7.60

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8.13

7.40

6.53