- A
nuclide (or nucleide, from nucleus, also
known as
nuclear species) is a
class of
atoms characterized by
their number of protons, Z,
their number of...
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Isotopes are
distinct nuclear species (or
nuclides) of the same
chemical element. They have the same
atomic number (number of
protons in
their nuclei)...
- geochemistry,
geophysics and
nuclear physics,
primordial nuclides, also
known as
primordial isotopes, are
nuclides found on
Earth that have
existed in
their current...
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Stable nuclides are
nuclides that are not
radioactive and so (unlike radionuclides) do not
spontaneously undergo radioactive decay. When such
nuclides are...
- A
table or
chart of
nuclides is a two-dimensional
graph of
isotopes of the elements, in
which one axis
represents the
number of
neutrons (symbol N) and...
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Isobars are
atoms (
nuclides) of
different chemical elements that have the same
number of nucleons. Correspondingly,
isobars differ in
atomic number (or...
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radiogenic nuclide is a
nuclide that is
produced by a
process of
radioactive decay. It may
itself be
radioactive (a radionuclide) or
stable (a
stable nuclide)....
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Cosmogenic nuclides (or
cosmogenic isotopes) are rare
nuclides (isotopes)
created when a high-energy
cosmic ray
interacts with the
nucleus of an in situ...
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number of protons). The term
fissile is
distinct from fissionable. A
nuclide capable of
undergoing fission (even with a low probability)
after capturing...
- A
radionuclide (radioactive
nuclide,
radioisotope or
radioactive isotope) is a
nuclide that has
excess numbers of
either neutrons or protons,
giving it...
