nuclear reactions

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natural decay

parent isotope spontaneously emits a particle

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induced

patent isotope hit by a particle

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Electron capture

Parent isotope absorbed its own electron

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fission

large parent isotope splits into smaller daughter isotopes

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fusion

two small parent isotopes fuse into a larger parent isotope