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The 163 pages that link to Radioactive decay, each with the reason it gives.

• Radiocarbon datingNarrower topic: Carbon-14 loss follows a predictable statistical decay rate.

• IsotopeRelated: Unstable isotopes change into other nuclides through radioactive decay.

• Radiometric datingNarrower topic: Dating relies on predictable decay to convert parent isotopes into measurable daughter products.

• Chemical elementBroader topic: Some decay modes change proton number and produce a different element.

• Nuclear fusionCompared with: Unlike fusion, radioactive decay does not require two nuclei to collide.

• Half-lifeNarrower topic: Half-life measures the rate at which this process removes nuclei from a sample.

• Island of stabilityNarrower topic: The island predicts relative resistance to the decay processes that limit neighboring nuclei.

• Beta decayNarrower topic: Beta decay is one of its principal decay modes.

• Ionizing radiationRelated: It is one source of ionizing radiation, but ionizing radiation also comes from other sources.

• Nuclear stabilityCompared with: Decay is the process that reveals a nucleus's instability.

• Exponential functionRelated: The expected number of undecayed nuclei follows exponential decay.

• Atomic nucleusRelated: It changes a nucleus without requiring a collision with another particle.

• Ernest RutherfordNarrower topic: Rutherford measured decay and used its products to identify radioactive transformations.

• OganessonRelated: Oganesson isotopes decay rapidly, limiting how long they can be studied.

• Neutron captureRelated: The heavier product of capture may be unstable and decay into another nuclide.

• Nuclear reactionCompared with: Unlike induced reactions, decay proceeds without a projectile initiating the change.

• GeochronologyNarrower topic: This physical process supplies the clocks used in radiometric dating.

• Transfermium WarsRelated: Decay chains served as fingerprints for identifying newly produced elements.

• Nuclear physicsRelated: It is a central route by which unstable nuclei approach more stable configurations.

• Uranium–lead datingNarrower topic: Uranium–lead ages rely on predictable nuclear transformations over geological time.

• Planetary differentiationRelated: Short-lived radioactive isotopes heated early planetesimals enough to melt and separate.

• Marie CurieRelated: Curie’s measurements helped show that radioactive emissions arise from atoms themselves.

• Exponential growthCompared with: Its exponential decrease illustrates the same proportional-rate mathematics with the opposite sign.

• Isotope geochemistryRelated: Decay changes parent and daughter isotope abundances in predictable ways.

• Gamma rayNarrower topic: Many gamma rays accompany radioactive decay as daughter nuclei shed excess energy.

• Radioactive contaminationRelated: Decay determines how contaminated materials emit radiation and change over time.

• ActinideRelated: Every actinide nucleus is radioactive, and decay governs its persistence and radiation.

• Nuclear falloutRelated: Decay determines how fallout’s radiation changes over time.

• Radioisotope thermoelectric generatorRelated: Decay supplies the heat that the generator converts into electrical power.

• Neutron activation analysisRelated: Activated isotopes decay into signals used to identify and quantify elements.

• NihoniumRelated: Nihonium isotopes are identified and studied through their decay chains.

• Uranium-235Related: Uranium-235 decays over time through a long series of nuclear transformations.

• Nuclear transmutationRelated: Some decay modes change proton number, transmuting the parent nucleus into another element.

• PlutoniumNarrower topic: Decay determines plutonium’s isotope-specific heat output, radiation, and persistence.

• HalogenRelated: Astatine's rapid decay limits how much of its chemistry can be measured.

• Nuclear medicineNarrower topic: Decay determines the emissions used for imaging and the dose delivered over time.

• Radioactive wasteRelated: Decay lowers activity over time, but the rate varies greatly among radionuclides.

• UraniumRelated: Uranium’s long-lived isotopes decay through chains of radioactive daughter nuclides.

• NuclideRelated: Decay changes a nuclide into another nuclear species.

• Electron captureNarrower topic: Electron capture is one mode within this broader class of nuclear transformations.

• SN 1987ARelated: Radioactive decay powered much of the supernova’s later light.

• Cloud chamberRelated: Chamber tracks made charged emissions from radioactive sources directly observable.

• Exponential decayBroader topic: A large population of identical radioactive nuclei decays exponentially.

• Exponential distributionRelated: A nucleus with a constant decay rate has an exponentially distributed waiting time to decay.

• Pierre CurieRelated: The Curies' experiments helped establish radioactive substances as objects of quantitative study.

• RadonNarrower topic: Radon is continually replenished as uranium and thorium decay.

• Carbon-14Narrower topic: Carbon-14 disappears through this general nuclear process.

• Decay chainNarrower topic: Each link in a decay chain is a radioactive transformation.

• Isotope fractionationCompared with: Decay changes isotope abundances by nuclear transformation, not by physical or chemical separation.

• Periodic table extensionRelated: Decay patterns provide the principal evidence for identifying nuclei produced in superheavy-element experiments.