alpha decay

emission of alpha particles by a decaying radioactive atom
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alpha decay

Summary

alpha decay is a decay mode[1]. It draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (decay_mode category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • alpha decay's image is recorded as Alpha-decay-example.svg[3].
  • alpha decay's instance of is recorded as decay mode[4].
  • alpha decay's GND ID is recorded as 4142015-9[5].
  • alpha decay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85003810[6].
  • alpha decay's subclass of is recorded as radioactive decay[7].
  • alpha decay's Commons category is recorded as Alpha decay[8].
  • alpha decay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nf5[9].
  • alpha decay's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.7522[10].
  • alpha decay's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11].
  • alpha decay's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/alpha-decay[12].
  • alpha decay's has effect is recorded as alpha particle[13].
  • alpha decay's has effect is recorded as alpha radiation[14].
  • alpha decay's different from is recorded as alpha radiation[15].
  • alpha decay's different from is recorded as alpha particle[16].
  • alpha decay's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alpha-Decay-1[17].
  • alpha decay's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as alpha-decay[18].
  • alpha decay's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as alfahenfall[19].
  • alpha decay's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as A00005[20].
  • alpha decay's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136572[21].
  • alpha decay's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • alpha decay's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i107316[23].
  • alpha decay's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 141752856[24].
  • alpha decay's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/1024[25].
  • alpha decay's Golden ID is recorded as Alpha_decay-NMMB[26].
  • alpha decay's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007294757905171[27].

Why It Matters

alpha decay draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (decay_mode category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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