I heard about this question in the MIT Ionising Radiation course. You can find it here, around minute 47:30 (wont spoil the answer). https://ocw.mit.edu/course

I heard about this question in the MIT Ionising Radiation course. You can find it here, around minute 47:30 (wont spoil the answer). https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/22-01-introduction-to-nuclear-engineering-and-ionizing-radiation-fall-2016/resources/radioactive-decay2014modes-energetics-and-trends/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/22-01-introduction-to-nuclear-en...