And if at times these things bent the welded iron of his soul , much more did his far-away domestic memories of his young Cape wife and child , tend to bend him still more from the original ruggedness of his nature , and open him still further to those latent influences which , in some honest-hearted men , restrain the gush of dare-devil daring , so ...
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which the nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting radiation, including alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, and conversion electrons. A material that spontaneously emits such radiation is considered radioactive.
Ionizing radiation is produced by unstable atoms. Unstable atoms differ. from stable atoms because they have an excess of energy or mass or both. Unstable atoms are referred to as radioactive atoms. In order to. reach stability, these atoms give off, or emit, the excess energy or. mass in the form of particles or rays.