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Chemical decay, also known as radioactive decay, is a process that occurs naturally (usually in isotopes or unstable substances)

Chemical Kinetics is one of the ways you can analyze radioactive decay. Although it should be noted that radioactive decay undergoes first order decay when using Chemical Kinetics.

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