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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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 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.

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

• Poisson processRelated: Independent nuclear decay events are commonly modeled as a Poisson process over fixed populations.

• CNO cycleRelated: Several unstable nuclei in CNO branches decay before taking part in further proton captures.

• Cosmogenic nuclide datingRelated: Decay competes with production and makes radioactive nuclides useful for dating longer exposure histories.

• Transactinide elementRelated: Unstable nuclei decay before transactinides can accumulate naturally in bulk.

• Geometric progressionRelated: Over equal time intervals, the expected number of undecayed nuclei follows geometric decay.

• MoscoviumRelated: Every known moscovium isotope decays into lighter nuclei.

• Jack Hills zirconRelated: Uranium decay supplies the clock used to date the zircon crystals.

• Nuclear safetyRelated: Decay continues producing heat and radiation after a reactor shuts down.

• MonaziteRelated: Decay of uranium and thorium in monazite produces daughter isotopes used to determine ages.

• Arthur HolmesRelated: Holmes considered radioactive heat a source of energy for mantle circulation.

• Euler's NumberRelated: Its continuous-time decay law is commonly written using e.

• Gamma-ray spectroscopyRelated: Decay populates excited nuclei whose transitions generate measurable gamma lines.

• Isotopic abundanceRelated: Decay changes isotope proportions over time within a closed sample.

• KilonovaRelated: Decay of freshly made nuclei deposits the heat that keeps the ejecta luminous.

• Nuclear wasteRelated: Decay changes waste activity over time and helps determine how long it needs isolation.

• Particle decayRelated: It is the nuclear-scale counterpart, governed by nuclear rather than elementary-particle states.

• Albert GhiorsoRelated: Short-lived decay chains supplied identifying evidence for many newly made elements.

• BrachytherapyRelated: Decay determines how a brachytherapy source emits radiation and loses activity over time.

• AmericiumRelated: Decay determines the radiation emitted by every americium isotope.

• Bubble chamberRelated: Decay events can appear as tracks that begin or end inside the chamber.

• Chernobyl exclusion zoneRelated: Decay gradually reduces some hazards, but does not remove contamination immediately.

• CoperniciumRelated: Copernicium isotopes decay too quickly to accumulate in ordinary samples.