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A radioactive substance is oxidised. What changes would you expect to take place in the nature of radioactivity ?

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radioactivity increases

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radioactivity decreases

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no change

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Solution

The correct option is D no change
Oxidization is a chemical process, and there is no change in radio nuclei, so no change will occur in nature of radioactivity.

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