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The process in which
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Proton-rich nuclei have a low proportion of neutrons and lie below the band of stability.
These isotopes tend to decay in such a way that the
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The process in which
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Neutron-rich nuclei are nuclei with a high proportion of neutrons. These nuclei tend to decay in such a way that the final
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