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Notes: Rate of Radioactive Decay

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REVIEW: RADIOACTIVE DECAY<br />

• Gamma <strong>Decay</strong><br />

• A high energy nucleus emits electromagnetic radiation in the form<br />

<strong>of</strong> gamma rays<br />

• Gamma rays have no mass and no charge<br />

• Example<br />

234 234 0<br />

90Th<br />

! 90Th<br />

+ 0!

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