chemical decay

  • 11decay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, dilapidation, putrefaction, rot, caries. v. i. rot, putrefy, mortify; disintegrate. See oldness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A progressive… …

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  • 12Chemical property — A chemical property is any of a material s properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction; that is, any quality that can be established only by changing a substance s chemical identity.[1] Simply speaking, chemical properties cannot… …

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  • 13decay — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French decaïr, from Late Latin decadere to fall, sink, from Latin de + cadere to fall more at chance Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to decline from a sound or prosperous condition 2. to… …

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  • 14Chemical depilatory — Human hair By type Lanugo · Androgenic Terminal · Vellus …

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  • 15decay — de•cay [[t]dɪˈkeɪ[/t]] v. i. 1) mcr to become decomposed; rot 2) to decline in health, prosperity, etc.; deteriorate 3) phs (of an atomic nucleus) to undergo radioactive disintegration 4) mcr to cause to decompose; rot 5) mcr decomposition; rot… …

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  • 16Radioactive decay — For particle decay in a more general context, see Particle decay. For more information on hazards of various kinds of radiation from decay, see Ionizing radiation. Radioactive redirects here. For other uses, see Radioactive (disambiguation).… …

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  • 17Beta decay — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays …

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  • 18Timeline of chemical elements discoveries — The discovery of the elements known to exist today is presented here in chronological order. The elements are listed generally in the order in which each was first defined as the pure element,[clarification needed] as the exact date of discovery… …

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  • 19Exponential decay — A quantity undergoing exponential decay. Larger decay constants make the quantity vanish much more rapidly. This plot shows decay for decay constants of 25, 5, 1, 1/5, and 1/25 for x from 0 to 5. A quantity is said to be subject to exponential… …

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  • 20Cluster decay — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays …

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