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A natural and spontaneous process by which unstable atoms of an element emit energy and/or particles from their nuclei and, thus, change (or decay) to atoms of a different element or a different state of the same element.
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| radioactivity |
the process in which atoms undergo internal change with the resultant emission of electromagnetic or particulate radiation.
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| radioactivity |
Radioactivity is a natural process by which the excess energy of unstable atoms is released spontaneously in the form of particles or waves. The end product of this activity is radiation.
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| radioactivity |
is the property possessed by some elements that give off energy in the form of waves or particles. Radiation may be alpha, beta or gamma.
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| radioactivity |
The spontaneous breakdown of one type of atomic nucleus into another (Stephen Hawking).
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