Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 3 compound words that contain radioactive. The most common are listed below. Open radioactive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- radioactive wasteWaste containing radioactive nuclides.
- Radioactive material
- Radioactive materials
- radioactive decayAny of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more other nuclei.
- radioactive datingThe process of determining the age of a material by estimating the amount of radioactive decay of one or more radioisotopes present in the material when it was formed.
- radioactive equilibriumSynonym of secular equilibrium: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.
- radioactive falloutSynonym of nuclear fallout: Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with …
- radioactive tracerA radioactive isotope which, when injected into a chemically similar substance, or artificially attached to a biological or physical system, can be traced by radiation detection devices.
- radioactive disintegrationRadioactive decay.
- radioactive tracersplural of radioactive tracer: A radioactive isotope which, when injected into a chemically similar substance, or artificially attached to a biological or physical system, can be traced by radiation detection devices.
- radioactive equilibriaplural of radioactive equilibrium: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.
- radioactive datingsplural of radioactive dating: The process of determining the age of a material by estimating the amount of radioactive decay of one or more radioisotopes present in the material when it was formed.
- radioactive equilibriumsplural of radioactive equilibrium: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.
- radioactive falloutsplural of radioactive fallout: Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed …
Compound words 3
- radioactivitySpontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.
- unradioactiveNot radioactive.
- nonradioactiveNot radioactive; not generating radioactivity.