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Q: Spontaneous disintegration of a radionuclide accompanied by the emission of alpha or beta particles or gamma rays?
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What is the spontaneous disintegration in which particles or electromagnetic radiation are emitted?

Radioactivity


What is the spontaneous disintegration in which particles and or electromagnetic radiation are emitted?

Radioactivity


In your own words define the term radioactive element?

an element subject to spontaneous degeneration of its nucleus accompanied by the emission of alpha particles, beta particles, or gamma rays.


Are some elements radioactive?

Radioactivity refers to the emission of ionizing particles which results from the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei. Some examples of radioactive elements are uranium and plutonium.


What happens to a nucleus of an unstable atom?

the unstable nucleus will decay into smaller, stable particles.


What has radioactivity in it?

Radioactivity is the process of process of spontaneous disintegration of nucleus and is measured by Geiger counter. It remains unaffected by external factors like temperatures, pressure etc. It involves emission of alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays.


What does the spontaneous mixing of particles called?

boiling....;)


What is it when naturally unstable elements realize particles?

This phenomenon is called radioactive disintegration.


How is the radioactive decay of Krypton different from the radioactive decay of Americium?

The radioactive decay of americium 241 is by alpha disintegration; the disintegration of radioactive krypton isotopes is by beta particles emission.


What radioactivity is einsteinium in?

Einsteinium isotopes can emit alpha particles, beta particles, positrons; spontaneous fission is also possible.


What element has 12 alpha particles and 4 neutrons?

Mathematically it is Chromium 24Cr52 but within nucleus alpha particles separately do not exist they are only produced during radioactive disintegration.


What is the name of the spontaneous process that releases particles and energy from the nucleus of an atom?

Radioactive decay.