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1) The effect of radioactive material, emitting alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays. 2) Also used to describe in present tense the nature of radioactive material.
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  The spontaneous emission of radiation from the nucleus of an atom. Radionuclides lose particles and energy through this process.
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Spontaneous emission of particles or high-energy electromagnetic radiation from the nuclei of unstable atoms. "Radiation" refers to the emissions, and "radioactive source" refers t [..]
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Naturally occurring nuclides which are radioactive. A distinction is drawn between natural radionuclides which are continuously regenerated by nuclear reactions of cosmic radiation, cosmogenic radionu [..]
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Property of certain substances to convert without external effect, emitting a characteristic radiation. Radioactivity was discovered for uranium by Becquerel in 1896. If the substances, or to be more [..]
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The spontaneous decay of the nucleus of an element. It involves the change in the number of protons in the nucleus and therefore creates an atom of a new element.
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1899, from French radioactivité, coined 1898 by the Curies; see radioactive.
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The disintegration of unstable heavy atomic nuclei into lighter, more stable, atomic nuclei, accompanied in the process by the emission of ionizing radiation (alpha particles, beta particles or gamma [..]
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emission of energetic particles by some elements or isotopes.
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The spontaneous transition of an atomic nucleus to a lower energy state (radioactive decay) accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle, a beta particle, or gamma radiation. Alpha emission result [..]
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The spontaneous decay of certain rare, unstable, atomic nuclei into more stable atomic nuclei. A natural by-product of this process is the release of energy.
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radiation: the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay (radioactive) exhibiting or caused by radioactivity; "radioactive isotope&quo [..]
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The spontaneous emission of radiation, generally alpha or beta particles, often accompanied by gamma rays, from the nuclei of an unstable isotope. As a result of this emission the radioactive isotope [..]
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The spontaneous emission of radiation, generally alpha or beta particles, often accompanied by gamma rays, from the nucleus of an unstable isotope.
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Spontaneous decay of atomic nuclei. An unstable nucleus may decay to one or more lighter nuclei. During the process radiation is emitted. There are three types of radioactive emissions: alpha particles (nuclei of helium), beta-rays (fast electrons) and gamma rays (high-energy photons). In the Universe radioactive atoms are formed in supernova explo [..]
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The emission of radiation by unstable atoms in the form of particles and rays. radioisotope
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radioactivity (pop)
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The quality of emitting or the emission of corpuscular or electromagnetic radiations consequent to nuclear disintegration, a natural property of all chemical elements of atomic number above 83, and po [..]
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  The spontaneous release of energy from atomic nuclei.
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The spontaneous decay of an unstable atomic nucleus, giving rise to the emission of radiation.
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spontaneous emission of radiation, either directly from unstable atomic nuclei or as a consequence of a nuclear reaction.
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The spontaneous process of a sample of a radionuclide undergoing a change by the emission of particles or rays.
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The ability of certain nuclides to emit particles, gamma rays or x-rays during their spontaneous decay into other nuclei. The final outcome of radioactive decay is a stable nuclide.
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process by which an unstable nucleus gives off nuclear radiation. radiometric dating -
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The random release of matter or energy from the nucleus of an unstable atom.
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The spontaneous breakdown of an atomic nucleus with the emission of particles and rays.
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Spontaneous emission of particles or energy from an atomic nucleus as it disintegrates
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The decay (disintegration) of atomic nuclei, giving rise to alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation. See Activity.
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The spontaneous decay of disintegration of an unstable atomic nucleus accompanied by the emission of radiation.
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HP See Activity.
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Spontaneous emission of radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus. The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutro [..]
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The process of undergoing the transformation of an unstable nucleus by the spontaneous emission of radiation, generally alpha or beta particles, often accompanied by gamma rays, from the nucleus of an [..]
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(n) the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
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Is the emission of radiation from an unstable atomic nucleus. This emission of energy is called radioactive decay. The radiation can be emitted in the form of a positively charged alpha particle (a), a negatively charged beta particle(ß), or gamma rays . [more]
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Term describing the spontaneous decay of some nuclei (Martin).
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The property of a radionuclide to spontaneously emit ionising radiation. It arises from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus
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Discovered by French physicist Henri Becquerel in 1896, a natural phenomenon whereby unstable atomic nuclei split into two (sometimes three) lighter nuclei, releasing high-energy electromagnetic waves [..]
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The decay of an unstable atomic nucleus or isotope.
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the spontaneous decomposition of an unstable element, with the simultaneous emission of rays of particles.
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Radioactivity occurs when the nucleus of an atom breaks up into two or more pieces. A neutron is often released during radioactive decay. More Information: Radioactivity
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Instability of some atomic nuclei, causing them to change spontaneously to a lower energy level or to modify the number of protons and neutrons they contain. The 3 "classical" types [..]
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The spontaneous transformation of a nuclide into one or more different nuclides, accompanied by either the emission of particles from the nucleus, nuclear capture or ejection of orbital Electrons, or [..]
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The property of spontaneously emitting alpha, beta or gamma rays by the decay of the nuclei of atoms. Reconnaissance
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The effect of radioactive material, emitting alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Also used to describe in present tense the nature of radioactive material.
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Energy in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation that is emitted by certain minerals with unstable nuclei, such as those containing the elements radium, thorium, and uranium.
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The property of spontaneously emitting alpha, beta or gamma rays by the decay of the nuclei of atoms. Radon survey
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The spontaneous decay of certain rare, unstable, atomic nuclei into more stable atomic nuclei. A natural by-product of this process is the release of energy.
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Radioactivity is the property of a nucleus in unstable atoms that causes them to spontaneously release energy in the form of photons (e.g., gamma rays) or subatomic particles (e.g., alpha or beta part [..]
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A property exhibited by unstable isotopes of elements that decay, emitting radiation, principally as α─particles, ί─particles, and Γ─rays.
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|Radioactivity
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The emission of ionising radiation or particles caused by the natural disintegration of atomic nuclei.
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The property possessed by some elements (such as uranium) of spontaneously emitting energy in the form of radiation as a result of the decay (or disintegration) of an unstable atom. Radioactivity is also the term used to describe the rate at which radioactive material emits radiation. Radioactivity is measured in curies (Ci), becquerels (Bq), or di [..]
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See what is Radioactivity.
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The spontaneous decay of certain rare, unstable, atomic nuclei into more stable atomic nuclei. A natural by-product of this process is the release of energy.
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