(nuclear physics) An isotope which does not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.
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n.
An isotope of an element that shows no tendency to undergo radioactive breakdown.
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| carrier-free |
| darmstadtium |
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Mentioned in
- deuterium
- carrier-free
- darmstadtium
- carbon-12 (nuclear physics)
- lawrencium
- Holmium (inorganic chemistry)
- rubidium-strontium dating
- labelled substances
- einsteinium (element – in chemistry)
- francium (element – in chemistry)
- Paul Willard Merrill (American astronomer)
- radon
- radiometric dating
- americium
