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ShareRadioactive decay is the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles (radiation).
Decay is said to occur in the parent nucleus and produces a daughter nucleus.
This is a random process, i.e.
it is impossible to predict the decay of individual atoms.
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