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What Is Radioactivity?

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What do we mean by 'Radioactive Isotope' ?

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Radioactive isotope is an isotope having an unstable nucleus that decomposes spontaneously by emission of a nuclear electron or helium nucleus and radiation, thus achieving a stable nuclear composition.

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