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What does half-life measure? What will be an ideal response?

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What are the three types of radioactive decay? What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The amount of time it takes for half of a number of radioactive atoms of an element to decay to a
stable daughter product.



Answer to Question 2

Alpha decay2 protons and 2 neutrons emitted from the nucleus; beta decaya fast moving electron
emitted from a neutron in the nucleus; and electron capturea proton captures an electron from the
electron shell.



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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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