A condition in which the quantities of radioactive daughter nuclides in a material remain constant because they are formed from the parent as fast as they decay.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), physicist.
Definition of radioactive equilibrium in US English:
radioactive equilibrium
noun
Physics
A condition in which the quantities of radioactive daughter nuclides in a material remain constant because they are formed from the parent as fast as they decay.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), physicist.