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Irvin Arias
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30 November, 13:17
Explain radioactive decay
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Hunter Norton
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Radioactive decay is the spontaneous breakdown of an atomic nucleus resulting in the release of energy and matter from the nucleus. Remember that a radioisotope has unstable nuclei that does not have enough binding energy to hold the nucleus together.
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