Modes Of Radioactive Decay

Course overview

This tutorial is related to Modes of Radioactive Decay and gives an overview of the role of Modes of Radioactive Decay in Nuclear Medicine Understand the concept of radioactive decay and name the most important factors governing radioactive decay Identify the components of a decay scheme and recognize the mode of decay based solely upon the appearance and the angles of the lines in the decay scheme. Sketch a decay scheme for all known modes of decay List which modes of decay can occur in both neutron-deficient and neutron-excessive conditions in the nucleus Explain the importance of the neutron/proton ration and its value as a predictor of mode of decay Understand the significance of excited states and gamma ray production Explain the sharing of energy between electron and neutrino name the two modes of decay that compete with each other