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potassium-40
potassium-40[pə′tas·ē·əm ¦fȯr·dē] (nuclear physics) A radioactive isotope of potassium having a mass number of 40, a half-life of approximately 1.31 × 109 years, and an atomic abundance of 0.000122 gram per gram of potassium. potassium-40
potassium-40n. A naturally occurring beta-emitting radioactive isotope of potassium having a half-life of 1.3 billion years; it is the chief source of natural radioactivity of living tissue. |