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Meaning of decay chain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A series of nuclides, such that one nuclide radioactively decays into another, which decays into another, and so on, until a stable nuclide is reached. For example, uranium-238 must undergo eight alpha decays and six beta decays in order to become stable lead-206; intermediate nuclides include uranium-234, radium-226, and radon-222.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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