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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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What is the process of predicting the type of Radioactivity?

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Introduction

Some atomic nuclei are energetically unstable. The rapid disintegration of such unstable nuclei into energetically stable nuclei is termed as radioactivity. It is a highly exoergic reaction where a small mass is converted to energy.

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The type of radioactive decay can be predicted as follows

If Z>82( too heavy) : alpha decay

If N/Z is very high(excess neutrons) : beta decay

If N/Z is very small(excess protons) : positron emission or electron capture

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