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Is radioactivity a gas

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Some gases are radioactive, however, there are many solids that are also radioactive, like Uranium and Plutonium. Another source of radioactivity is liquids, produced as a byproduct from atomic power plants.

A fourth class of radioactive material are aerosols, which are composed of radioisotopes.

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