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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What makes an element radioactive?

OpenStudy (aaronq):

instability of an atom's nucleus due to it's arrangement/number of protons and neutrons.

OpenStudy (aaronq):

there is a deeper answer, but i dont know it. I've seen on the physics section, so you might wanna ask there

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay thank you!

OpenStudy (aaronq):

no problem~

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