Assertion: decay | /r/HasProperty | transformed into another nucleus
Facets:
value: to a less excited nucleus
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: We consider two types of nuclear transformation: (spontaneous) radioactive decay, in which a nucleus emits ``radiation'', thereby being transformed into another nucleus (or to a less excited nucleus), and nuclear reactions, in which nuclei collide and rearrange their energy and their constituents.