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Radioactive decay is the release of?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It depends on the type of decay. Alpha particles are helium nuclei, and contain 2 protons and 2 neutrons. Beta particles are just electrons. And gamma particles are electromagnetic waves with very high frequencies.

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