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stable isotope

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: stable isotope
(′stā·bəl ′ī·sə′tōp)

(nuclear physics) An isotope which does not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.


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A nonradioactive isotope of an element.

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An isotope of an element that shows no tendency to undergo radioactive breakdown.

 
 

 

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