decay mode

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decay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈkeɪ/us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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mode
noun
uk
/məʊd/us
/moʊd/
formal
a way of operating, living, ...
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The second employs the lower-hybrid wave as thedecaymode.
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Equation (38) leads to two real equations for determining the real frequency 30 of thedecaymodeand the growth rate of the instability.
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For a given bandwidth of the cascade spectrum, the required number of cascades decreases as the frequency of the lower-hybriddecaymodein the cascade process increases.
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For isotopes lighter than 112 u, the primarydecaymodeis electron capture and the dominant decay product is element 47 (silver).
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The former one showed a small peak of marginal significance in thedecaymode, and a larger, apparently robust signal in thedecaymode.
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Thedecaymodeand half-life were also confirmed in a repetition of the first experiment.
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However, no radioactivity from anydecaymodeof this nuclear isomer has ever been observed.
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They found a significant peak in thedecaymodeat a mass of.
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This isotope's primarydecaymodeis beta plus decay to the relatively long-lived (in comparison to astatine isotopes) alpha emitter polonium-210.
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The parent isotope of indium-111 is tin-111, with adecaymodeof electron capture.
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The primarydecaymodefor isotopes with mass numbers higher than plutonium-244 is emission, mostly forming americium (95 protons) isotopes as decay products.
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Its gammadecaymodecan be easily detected by a camera, allowing the use of smaller quantities.
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A betadecaymodehas been found for all astatine isotopes except for astatine-213, astatine-214, astatine-215, and astatine-216m.
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Metastable isomeric transition is the only nucleardecaymodethat approaches pure gamma emission.
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However, it continues to be a viabledecaymodefor radioactive isotopes that can decay by positron emission.
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Electron capture is an alternatedecaymodefor radioactive isotopes with insufficient energy to decay by positron emission.
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Thousands of different reactions and decay modes were investigated and systematized, mostly without any bearing on theory.
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Tc, the primarydecaymodeis electron capture, giving molybdenum.
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The most commondecaymodeof six isotopes with mass numbers lower than the most abundant stable isotope, silicon-28, is, primarily forming aluminium isotopes (13 protons) as decay products.
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