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- Alpha decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle. An alpha particle (or α particle, named after ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Radioactive decay is the process by which an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
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- Electron capture (sometimes called Inverse Beta Decay) is a decay mode for isotopes that will occur when there are too many protons in the nucleus ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- If a sample of material decays at a certain rate over time, its half-life is defined as the time it takes for the sample to decay to half its ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 16:04, 3 August 2023
- of radium and helium, which are the main decay products of uranium. In addition ... a small amount of radium as a radioactive decay product of uranium; it was ...4 KB (526 words) - 13:35, 3 May 2023
- when examining the products of radioactive decay of actinium. Its existence ... Francium is formed and occurs as a result of the radioactive decay ...6 KB (795 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- is 217Ac which decays through alpha decay and electron capture. It ... Purified 227Ac comes into equilibrium with its decay products at the ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- changes, fatigue of materials, and radioactive decay. ==Properties== ... If a variable's growth or decay rate is proportional to its size—as ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 23:57, 24 March 2024
- 1.17 minutes, during their studies of the decay chain of uranium-238. They ... The primary decay mode before the most stable isotope, 231-Pa, is ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Alpha decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle. An alpha particle (or α particle, named after ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- are produced by the natural radioactive decay of uranium-235 and uranium ... It is produced in nature by the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium, and ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- minutes and decays to 255Fm through alpha decay or to 259Md through electron ... u (249No) to 262.108 u (262No). The primary decay mode before the most stable ...7 KB (962 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- Radium is a decay product of uranium and is therefore found in all ... Historically, the radioactive decay products of radium were labeled ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- , and phenomena such as radioactive decay, nuclear fission, and nuclear ... James Chadwick in 1914 showed that the beta decay spectrum was continuous rather ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 152Sm, is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta minus decay. The ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- which in turn decayed into 241Am via beta decay. Seaborg was granted patent ... * Radioactive decay == Notes == ==References== * Emsley, John. 2001 ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 164-Dy, is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta minus decay. ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- 147Nd which decays into 147Pm through beta decay with a half-life of 11 days. ... to 162.9535200 u (163Pm). The primary decay mode before the longest-lived ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- By measuring the amount of Radioactive decay of a radioactive isotope ... * Radiocarbon dating: This technique measures the decay of carbon ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:51, 18 April 2024
- electron-positron annihilation, radioactive decay (nuclear disintegration) ... ===Gamma decay=== The wavelengths of gamma radiation are on the scale ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- ultraviolet or gamma ray irradiation. The decay times of this fluorescence ... yield of fluorescence, is by the rates excited state decay: ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
