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What is nucular decay

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Nuclear decay is also called radioactive decay, and it occurs in a series of sequential reactions until a stable nucleus is reached. Nuclear reactions release much more energy—orders of magnitude more—than exothermic chemical reactions.

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nuclear decay is the decay of atoms on the atomic scale. “Radioactive decay is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is considered radioactive. Three of the most common types of decay are alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma decay, all of which involve emitting one or more particles or photons.”
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