Instability
Explanation:
Isotopes decays because they are unstable. Stable isotopes do not decay.
- For every atomic nucleus, there is a specific neutron/proton ratio.
- This ratio ensure that a nuclide is stable.
- For example, fluorine F, is 10/9 stable.
- Any nucleus with a neutron/proton combination different from its stability ratio either too many neutrons or too many protons will become unstable.
- Such nuclide will split into one or more other nuclei with the emission of small particles of matter and considerable amount of energy.
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