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radioactive equilibrium

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radioactive equilibrium [¦rād·ē·ō′ak·tiv ‚ē·kwə′lib·rē·əm]
(nuclear physics)
In radioactivity, the condition of equilibrium in which the rate of decay of the parent isotope is exactly matched by the rate of decay of every intermediate daughter isotope.
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These values suggest that uranium and its decomposition products present in the shale are in the state of radioactive equilibrium or rather close to it.
Radiogenic uranium-234 in humus acids of graptolitic argillite/[TEXT ... by Bogdanov, R.; Ozernaya, S.; Pihlak, A.-T.; Timofeev, S. / Oil Shale
 
 
 
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