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∙ 13y agoYes. Naturally occurring radioactive isotopes decay naturally. They can be induced to decay more rapidly through neutron capture, but they will decay one way or the other. Among the commonly encountered, or commonly mentioned isotopes that do this are radon-222, which comes as a gas from many kinds of rocks and is found in the basements of some buildings, carbon-14, which is used for carbon dating, and potassiom-40, which is found in all living tissue.
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∙ 13y agoNucleus that causes a neutron to change into a proton is called a beta particle.
If it is related to Nuclear studies, then the answer would be fusion.
I not sure how the first radio active element was formed but when it release radiation it also release other radioactive elements. For example: the element actinium, radiates and releases thorium. thorium radiates and releases francium. all of these are radioactive elements.
No. If they did, they would be radioactive and unstable.
Due to unstable atomic structures (or a weak nuclear force), radioactive materials release alpha particles as radiation.
There are a total of 15 actinides in the actinide series and each are chemical elements with metallic properties. All of the actinide elements are radioactive and upon radioactive decay they release energy.
It is called radioactivity.
Nucleus that causes a neutron to change into a proton is called a beta particle.
Stars seem to be, but they don't have big and/or unstable atoms such as most radioactive elements have. They release sub atomic units when their atoms fuse, along with rays such as gamma rays, which is why they can seem to be similar to other radioactive things. Some planets with atmostpheres that are ionised by ionising rays can also be similar to radioactive things perhaps.
Nuclei undergo radioactive decay in order to release some of the "stress" in the atom. At a certain point, the nucleus of an atom gets too large to sustain all of those protons and neutrons. When the "stress" is relieved, a phenomenon called radioactive decay occurs.
If it is related to Nuclear studies, then the answer would be fusion.