Nuclear Chemistry

Radioactive Decay

The process by which an atomic nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing particles.

• 5.111 Principles of Chemical Sciences, Fall 2008
  Instructors: Prof. Catherine Drennan, Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor

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