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FORMS
DECAY PRODUCTS
DECAY ENERGY
RADIOACTIVE DECAY RATES
FISSION PRODUCTS
BECOMING FISSILE
STABLE ISOTOPE
DECAYING ATOMS
TRITIUM
RADIOACTIVE DECAY SERIES
SCIENTISTS
PHENOMENON
SPONTANEOUS
MODELS
NUCLIDES
NATURALLY
WEAK NUCLEAR FORCE
BOSONS
MATTER
PARENT
TYPE
ELEMENT
LEPTONS
NEUTRINO
APPLET
EARTH
TYPES
DISINTEGRATION
STABLE
NEUTRON CAPTURE
PLUTONIUM
ELECTRON
PARTICLE
DECAY PRODUCT
RADIOACTIVE FORM
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
ATOMIC NUCLEUS
NEUTRINOS
WEAK FORCE
HELIUM
ALPHA PARTICLES
NUCLEAR FISSION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
PROTON
NUCLEI
RELATIVELY STABLE
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  1. Radioactive decay is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or electromagnetic waves. (Web site)
  2. Radioactive decay is the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles (radiation). Move Up
  3. Radioactive decay (or radioactivity) is the property of some atoms that causes them to spontaneously give off energy as particles or rays. Move Up
  4. Radioactive decay is a process that unstable nuclei undergo in order to become more stable. (Web site) Move Up
  5. Radioactive decay is the spontaneous breakdown of an atomic nucleus resulting in the release of energy and matter from the nucleus. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. Alpha decay is much more easily shielded against than other forms of radioactive decay. (Web site)

Decay Products Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Nearly all the decay products of radioactive decay are themselves radioactive. (Web site)

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  1. Decay energy - The decay energy is the energy released by a radioactive decay. (Web site)

Radioactive Decay Rates Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The constancy of radioactive decay rates follows from quantum mechanics, which has also passed every test physicists can create. (Web site)

Fission Products Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Heat produced by the radioactive decay of fission products and materials that have been activated by neutron absorption. (Web site)

Becoming Fissile Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Fertile (of an isotope): Capable of becoming fissile, by capturing neutrons, possibly followed by radioactive decay; eg U-238, Pu-240. (Web site)

Stable Isotope Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In each of these, radioactive decay produces daughter isotopes, that are also unstable, starting a chain of decays that ends in some stable isotope of lead.

Decaying Atoms Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Radioactive decay rates are statistical averages of large numbers of decaying atoms. (Web site)

Tritium Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The tritium in a warhead is continually undergoing radioactive decay, hence becoming unavailable for fusion.

Radioactive Decay Series Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. There are four known radioactive decay series, the members of a given series having mass numbers that differ by jumps of 4. (Web site)
  2. Radioactive Decay Series The first natural series to be discovered is uranium - 238 series. Move Up

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  1. When scientists teach about dating geological events, most often the concepts of radioactive decay and half-life are presented.

Phenomenon Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. We can use the same kind of mathematics to investigate the phenomenon of radioactive decay as we used to study growth of a population.
  2. Describe the phenomenon of natural radioactive decay. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. An isotope incapable of spontaneous radioactive decay.

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  1. These models can successfully explain nuclide properties, for example, whether or not a certain nuclide undergoes radioactive decay. (Web site)

Nuclides Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. A radioactive series is a sequence of nuclides that form one from another by radioactive decay. (Web site)

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  1. It was the first element to be artificially made, and it is produced naturally in extremely small amounts during the radioactive decay of uranium. (Web site)

Weak Nuclear Force Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The weak nuclear force controls the radioactive decay of atoms.

Bosons Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The weak interaction is responsible, amongst other things, for radioactive decay, and is mediated by the exchange of virtual W and Z bosons.

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  1. These particles carry certain forces that can be observed during the radioactive decay of matter. (Web site)

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  1. Daughter A nucleus formed by the radioactive decay of a different (parent) nuclide. (Web site)

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  1. Precise measurements of the energy released in the radioactive decay of a given type of atom showed inconsistent results.
  2. Betavoltaics are another type of solid-state power generator which produces electricity from radioactive decay. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. The result of this radioactive decay is that the original element is very gradually converted into another element, with a decreased atomic number and mass. (Web site)
  2. Parent element: An element that is transformed by radioactive decay to a different (daughter) element. Move Up
  3. The radioactive decay and transmutation process will continue until a new element is formed that has a stable nucleus and is not radioactive. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. Leptons also undergo radioactive decay, meaning that they are subject to the weak interaction. (Web site)

Neutrino Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. This form of radioactive decay was discovered by Rutherford in 1899, although the neutrino was not observed until the 1960s.

Applet Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. This Java applet depicts radioactive decay of a sample.

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  1. Convection currents of melted 'stuff' like magma:) and radioactive decay deep in the Earth move the plates in different directions. (Web site)
  2. The weak nuclear force is responsible for radioactive decay as well as the fusion reactions in the Sun that provide heat and light for the Earth. (Web site) Move Up
  3. The source of heat driving the convection currents is radioactive decay which is happening deep in the Earth. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. Types of radioactive decay include The decay energy is the mass difference dm between the parent and the daughter atom and particles.

Disintegration Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Used to measure the rate of radioactive decay of disintegration. (Web site)

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  1. Stable: Incapable of spontaneous radioactive decay. (Web site)

Neutron Capture Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Breed: To form fissile nuclei, usually as a result of neutron capture, possibly followed by radioactive decay. (Web site)

Plutonium Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Plutonium does not exist in nature but results from radioactive decay of uranium-239. (Web site)

Electron Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Beta-particle: An electron emitted with high energy and velocity from a nucleus undergoing radioactive decay.

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  1. In 1934, Fermi incorporated the particle, which he called a neutrino, into his theory of radioactive decay.
  2. While the transformation is spontaneous in the case of radioactive decay, it is initiated by a particle in the case of a nuclear reaction. Move Up
  3. A positively charged particle emitted from the nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay. Move Up

Decay Product Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In nuclear physics, a decay product, also known as a daughter product, is a nuclide resulting from the radioactive decay of a parent or precursor nuclide. (Web site)

Radioactive Form Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Sometimes after undergoing radioactive decay, the new atom is still left in a radioactive form. (Web site)

Nuclear Reactions Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Nuclear reactions are contrasted with more common types of radioactive decay, which are spontaneous processes which proceed without bombardment. (Web site)

Atomic Nucleus Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. It is emitted by an atomic nucleus undergoing radioactive decay and is identical to the nucleus of a helium atom. (Web site)

Neutrinos Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Neutrinos and antineutrinos behave differently when they collide with other particles and in radioactive decay. (Web site)

Weak Force Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The weak force controls the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei and the reactions between leptons (electrons and neutrinos). (Web site)
  2. Lastly, the W and Z bosons are attributed to the weak force, playing a role in radioactive decay. (Web site) Move Up
  3. The weak force is the force responsible for radioactive decay. Move Up

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  1. Helium is typically separated from natural gas, and radon is usually isolated from the radioactive decay of dissolved radium compounds. (Web site)
  2. In 1905, Rutherford and Boltwood used the principle of radioactive decay to measure the age of rocks and minerals (using Uranium decaying to produce Helium. Move Up
  3. Argon is released from lava as it cools, and probably filters up into the crust from the magma below, along with helium and other radioactive decay products. (Web site) Move Up

Alpha Particles Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Radioactive decay of uranium and thorium produces alpha particles that quickly become helium. (Web site)
  2. Alpha particles, protons, and X-rays are emitted during the radioactive decay of unstable atoms. Move Up

Nuclear Fission Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Nuclear fission differs from other forms of radioactive decay in that it can be harnessed and controlled via a chain reaction. (Web site)
  2. Nuclear fission can occur without neutron bombardment, as a type of radioactive decay. (Web site) Move Up

Radioactive Material Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Effective half-life denotes the halving of radioactive material in a living organism by means of radioactive decay and biological excretion.

Proton Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Proton emission Proton emission, also known as proton radioactivity, is a type of radioactive decay in which a proton is ejected from a nucleus.
  2. This force causes radioactive decay and its typical range is much smaller than the diameter of a proton. (Web site) Move Up

Nuclei Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. This tightly bound quartet emerges during radioactive decay of nuclei like uranium-238, and is itself the nucleus of the common isotope of helium. (Web site)
  2. In other words, radioactive decay releases energy and because of the high energy density of nuclei, that energy release is substantial. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. These superheavy elements may have a nucleus that is relatively stable against radioactive decay.

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