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Indeed, beyond bismuth (element 83) the predominant mode of decay is by alpha-particle emission, and all the transuranium elements have isotopes that are alpha-unstable.

Only the principal mode of decay is given, though in many cases other modes of decay also are exhibited by the isotope.

On the other hand, the probability for spontaneous fission increases dramatically for the heaviest nuclides known and becomes the dominant mode of decay for some those having half-lives of only fractions of a second.

The lighter actinoids such as uranium rarely decay by spontaneous fission, but at californium (element 98) spontaneous fission becomes more common (as a result of changes in energy balances) and begins to compete favourably with alpha-particle emission as a mode of decay.

The primary mode of decay for those isotopes of Pd with atomic mass greater than 106 is beta decay with the primary product of this decay being silver.

There are 38 known nuclear isomers of tellurium with atomic masses that range from 105 to 142. Tellurium is among the lightest elements known to undergo alpha decay, with isotopes 106Te to 110Te being able to undergo this mode of decay.

Powell also discovered the antipion and, in 1949, the modes of decay of kaons (K-mesons).

Comparative genome analyses were performed in fungi displaying different nutritional strategies (white-rot and brown-rot modes of decay).

Cu (a positron emitter) combines all three modes of decay: electron capture (41%), beta− (40%) and beta+ (19%) making it a useful radionuclide for both imaging and therapy.

The division between these two modes of decay is specified by the fluorescence yield, and as it is the latter that concerns us here we will not discuss electron yield further. Figure 7 shows a simplified schematic diagram of the underlying physics together with the fluorescence emission spectra of a selenium-containing sample illuminated with X-rays above and below the Se K-edge.

The mode of current decay was exponential or linear.