spontaneous nuclear reaction
81radioactivity — noun a) Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus. b) The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons,… …
82Nucleosynthesis — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays …
83France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
84Isotopes of nobelium — Nobelium (No) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized (and correctly identified) was 254No in 1966. There are 16 known …
85Dubnium — rutherfordium ← dubnium → seaborgium Ta ↑ Db ↓ (Upp) …
86Isotopes of dubnium — Dubnium (Db) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized was 261Db in 1968. There are 12 known radioisotopes from 256Db to …
87technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
88Ununoctium — ununseptium ← ununoctium → ununennium Rn ↑ Uuo ↓ (Uho) …
89international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
90Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
