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Chapter 18 covers the following topics:
18.1 Nuclear Stability and Radioactive Decay
- Types of Radioactive Decay
18.2 The Kinetics of Radioactive Decay
18.3 Nuclear Transformations
18.4 Detection and Uses of Radioactivity
- Dating by Radioactivity
- Medical Applications of Radioactivity
18.5 Thermodynamic Stability of the Nucleus
18.6 Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion
- Nuclear Fission
- Nuclear Reactors
- Breeder Reactors
- Fusion
18.7 Effects of Radiation
