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The Different Types of Radioactive Decay
An atom that's unstable is breaking down or releasing energy in some way to become more stable. Oftentimes they're literally losing parts of themselves and sometimes their identities change. They can lose energy, neutrons, protons, electrons, and they sometimes as a result become a different atom. And there's lots of different types of radioactivity or radioactive decay but they're typically becoming a more stable atom with each breaking down or emission of energy.
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