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Do all radioactive isotopes follow the half-life single rate or are there those that decay at multiple rates throughout their decay?
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In general, a radioactive substance decays at a constant rate throughout time. That is not to say that the same number of decays occur per unit time. They cannot, and this is because the sample is shrinking as radioactive decay "claims" more and more of it. The decays per second is decreasing. But the rate of decay remains constant.
There are some instances where slight changes in decay rates of a couple of different radioactive substances occur when we put them in extreme magnetic fields. But, by and large, the decay rates of radionuclides are constant. Additionally, we've gone to great lengths in an attempt to induce changes in the decay rates of a number of radionuclides, but they've proved themselves sublimely resistant to any manipulation by the likes of us, even as clever as we are.
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