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Radioactive Decay
What triggers a specific atom to decay at a particular moment?
Timothian Model's Short Answer...
Smaller matter leaks out of the atomic system until it destabilizes, causing remaining matter to shift.
Details
Decay as a deterministic process of chunk reorganization:
Unstable isotopes result from non-equilibrium chunk configurations.
Decay occurs when chunk interactions reach a tipping point.
Explains both the regularity of half-lives and the apparent randomness of individual decays.
Related Documents in the Full Timothian Model
The Nature of Radioactive Decay
The Nature of Thermodynamics
The Nature of Entropy
The Nature of Atoms, Charge, & Chemical Bonds
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