If radium-226 were to undergo radioactive decay by electron capture (a type of beta decay) instead of by alpha emission, the resulting nucleus would be 226Fr87.
Ionizing radiation is released as a result of radioactive decay. Among the ionizing radiation that is released are alpha, beta, and/or gamma rays. Unbalanced atoms known as radionuclides are the site of radioactive decay.
The most prevalent form of an element in nature is typically the one that is most stable. All substances, though, have an unstable form. Unstable forms are radioactive and emit ionizing radiation. Some substances, like uranium, have no stable forms and are therefore always radioactive. Radiation-emitting substances are referred to as radionuclides.
The amount of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms present to decay is known as the radioactive half-life. Others have half-lives of hundreds, millions, or billions of years. Some radionuclides have half-lives of just a few seconds.
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