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15.8 Types of Radioactive Decay
15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
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Plot of N versus Z showing nuclide X above the band of stability.
Plot of N versus Z showing nuclide X above the band of stability.
An unstable nuclide represented by point X lies above the band of stability on the neutron number N versus atomic number Z plot shown. Which decay mode is the nuclide most likely to undergo to reach the band of stability, and how do N and Z change during this process?

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