- Look up
decay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Decay may
refer to: Bit
decay, in
computing Decay time (fall time), in
electronics Distance decay, in geography...
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paths of
decay. For example, 35.94(6)% of bi****h-212
decays,
through alpha-emission, to thallium-208
while 64.06(6)% of bi****h-212
decays,
through beta-emission...
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values of L: A very
small minority of free
neutron decays (about four per million) are "two-body
decays": the proton,
electron and
antineutrino are produced...
- In
particle physics,
proton decay is a
hypothetical form of
particle decay in
which the
proton decays into
lighter subatomic particles, such as a neutral...
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situated in a
decay chain,
where the ac****ulation is
governed by
exponential decay of a
source agent,
while the
agent of
interest itself decays by
means of...
-
emits an
alpha particle (helium nucleus). The
parent nucleus transforms or "
decays" into a
daughter product, with a m****
number that is
reduced by four and...
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usually decay directly to
stable isotopes, but
rather into
another radioisotope. The
isotope produced by this
radioactive emission then
decays into another...
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state that it can
decay into.
Unstable particles will
often have
multiple ways of
decaying, each with its own ****ociated probability.
Decays are
mediated by...
- P=E\left({\frac {A}{M}}\right).} or P = Q A . {\displaystyle P=QA.} Example: 60Co
decays into 60Ni. The m****
difference Δm is 0.003 u. The
radiated energy is approximately...
- cobalt-60. 60Co
decays by
emitting an
electron (beta
decay) with a half-life of 5.272
years into an
excited state of 60Ni,
which then
decays very fast to...
