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No. Decay is the process, radiation is the product.

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What are the products of radioactive decay?

alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma radiation


Alpha and beta decay emit what?

radiation


What are the three products of radioactivity decay?

alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma radiation


What is the same between alpha and beta decay?

both are particle ionizing radiation that comes as a result of nuclear transformation.


How were Alpha decay and beta decay discovered?

Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation were first observed from a sample of Radium in a magnetic field.


Are the alpha particle and helium nucleus the same thing?

Yes and no, alpha particles are a form or radiation (a helium nucleus), they are emitted from an unstable radioactive element which decays (and turns into some lighter element) by emitting the alpha particle. This form of decay is called alpha decay.


What produces a alpha wave?

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What radiation does a nucleus with more than 82 protons usually emit?

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The emission of electromagnetic energy from an atomic nucleus is called decay?

gamma


How are alpha and beta particles the same?

Alpha and beta particles are the same in that changes in unstable atomic nuclei can release alpha particles or can beta particles (depending on the isotope involved), and both are forms of particulate radiation.


What type of radiation alpha beta or gamma is emitted by thorium-230?

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