decay product

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decay
noun[U]
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/dɪˈkeɪ/us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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product
noun
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/ˈprɒd.ʌkt/us
/ˈprɑː.dʌkt/
something that is made to be sold, usually something that is produced by an industrial process or, less commonly, something that is grown or obtained ...
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It is also formed as adecayproductduring the reactor operation and is one of the important factors considered in the reactor design and operation.
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The experiment can be reformulated so that thedecayproductis slow-moving.
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With the progress of time, the finaldecayproductaccumulates as the parent isotope decays at a constant rate.
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All uraninite minerals contain a small amount of radium as a radioactivedecayproductof uranium.
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After one half-life has elapsed, one half of the atoms of the nuclide in question will have decayed into a daughter nuclide ordecayproduct.
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Only a careful analysis of thedecayproduct(i.e. a positron) provides information about the interaction between the implanted muon and its environment in the sample.
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In 1983, they repeated the experiment using a new technique: measurement of alpha decay from adecayproductthat had been separated out chemically.
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This means it is adecayproductwhose nucleus remains in an enduring excited state.
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Radium, being adecayproductof uranium, is found in all uranium-bearing ores.
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Radon-222, a naturaldecayproductof uranium, has been shown to be the cancer-causing agent.
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Radium-226 is adecayproductof thorium-230, which is produced within sediments and supplied by rivers.
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Similarly, in an equilibrium in a closed system the amount of eachdecayproduct, except the end product lead, is proportional to its half-life.
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It is thedecayproductof uranium-235.
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For isotopes lighter than 112 u, the primary decay mode is electron capture and the dominantdecayproductis element 47 (silver).
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The age of the plutonium can be established by measuring the ratio of plutonium-241 and itsdecayproduct, americium-241.
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These decay within a relatively short distance (meters) into muons (their preferreddecayproduct), and muon neutrinos.
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He inferred that this must be adecayproductof long-decayed radioactive iodine-129.
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Lanthanum-140 is adecayproductof barium-140, a common fission product.
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Radon is adecayproductof radium which in turn is adecayproductof uranium.
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It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as an indirectdecayproductof uranium or thorium.
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Results from the surveys indicated that cesium-137 and its progeny (decayproduct) are the primary surface-soil contaminants.
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