Changes in the Nucleus

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Types of radioactive decay

Modes of radioactive decay

Modes of radioactive decay

Nuclear stability and the mode of decay

Key factors determing the stability of a nuclide (stability of an isotope)

238U

decay series

Kinetics of radioactive decay

Vary over a very wide range, even for the nuclides of a given element

Nuclear transmutation: induced changes in nuclei

High-energy bombardment of nuclei in particle accelerators

Nuclear transmutation: induced changes in nuclei

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Synthesis of transuranium elements

Interconversion of mass and energy

Nuclear Fusion Nuclear Fission

One fission part of 235U

Chain reaction and critical mass

Effects of nuclear radiation on matter Penetrating power of radioactive emissions

Typical radiation doses from natural and artificial sources