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andreyandreev [35.5K]
2 years ago
14

List down the processes that can cause radioactive decay of an element?

Biology
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tigry1 [53]2 years ago
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Answer:

Radioactive decay is the loss of elementary particles from an unstable nucleus, ultimately changing the unstable element into another more stable element. There are five types of radioactive decay: alpha emission, beta emission, positron emission, electron capture, and gamma emission

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