how can a single radioactive nulide can emit both alpha and beta particles . Is it not against the character of a species?
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HOMESCIENCEPHYSICSMATTER & ENERGY
Radioactivity
WRITTEN BY: John O. RasmussenEllis P. Steinberg
LAST UPDATED: May 10, 2020 See Article History
Alternative Titles: disintegration, nuclear disintegration, radioactive decay
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Radioactivity, property exhibited by certain types of matter of emitting energy and subatomic particles spontaneously. It is, in essence, an attribute of individual atomic nuclei.
An unstable nucleus will decompose spontaneously, or decay, into a more stable configuration but will do so only in a few specific ways by emitting certain particles or certain forms of electromagnetic energy. Radioactive decay is a property of several naturally occurring elements as well as of artificially produced isotopes of the elements. The rate at which a radioactive element decays is expressed in terms of its half-life; i.e., the time required for one-half of any given quantity of the isotope to decay. Half-lives range from more than 1,000,000,000 years for some nuclei to less than 10−9 second (see below Rates of radioactive transitions
Alpha decay: Alpha decay is a common mode of radioactive decay in which a nucleus emits an alpha particle . Beta decay: Beta decay is a common mode of radioactive decay in which a nucleus emits beta particles. The daughter nucleus will have a higher atomic number than the original nucleus.
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