In nuclear physics, a decay product (also known as a daughter product, daughter isotope, radio-daughter, or daughter nuclide) is the remaining nuclide...
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In nuclear science, the decay chain refers to a series of radioactive decays of different radioactive decay products as a sequential series of transformations...
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decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or "decays"...
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Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable...
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In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron)...
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within the material to the abundance of its decay products, which form at a known constant rate of decay. The use of radiometric dating was first published...
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(Fission products do not decay via alpha decay.) A few neutron-rich and short-lived initial fission products decay by ordinary beta decay (this is the...
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Radium-226 (section Occurrence and decay)
intermediate product in the decay chain of uranium-238; as such, it can be found naturally in uranium-containing minerals. 226 Ra occurs in the decay chain of...
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A quantity is subject to exponential decay if it decreases at a rate proportional to its current value. Symbolically, this process can be expressed by...
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Positron emission (redirect from Beta plus decay)
Positron emission, beta plus decay, or β+ decay is a subtype of radioactive decay called beta decay, in which a proton inside a radionuclide nucleus is...
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