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bkinstle t1_iyc10g9 wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in What stabilizes a Neutron in a Nucleus from Neutron Decay? by UnifiedQuantumField

Cool thanks for the reply.

When I said breaking off a chunk I was thinking about when an atom fissions. Does that happen as a process of natural decay or only when triggered for example by a neutron released from a nearby atom?

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mfb- t1_iyc1uyk wrote

Spontaneous fission is a decay mode of some nuclei, but that's different from beta decay.

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