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Is the rate of radioactive decay inversely proportional to stability of the isotope?

Eman H
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  • How are you measuring stability, if not by decay rate (or half-life)? – PM 2Ring Mar 17 '23 at 17:53
  • @PM2Ring - perhaps one could interpret 'stability' to mean the Q-value of the reaction? – Jon Custer Mar 17 '23 at 18:27
  • @JonCuster Certainly! But I'm still waiting for Eman to clarify that. Perhaps they want to know about the relationship between Q-value and half-life... – PM 2Ring Mar 17 '23 at 19:09
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    https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/340659/why-is-caesium-137-more-stable-than-caesium-134 shows that decay rates are impacted by various factors. – Jon Custer Mar 17 '23 at 19:35

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Yes - by definition, the stability of an isotope is measured by its lifetime.

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