A hospital buys a compound that contains an isotope of barium. Several months later, most of the barium has changed to the element lanthanum. Which of the following is responsible for this change?

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The transformation of barium into lanthanum is due to radioactive decay, a process where an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation, leading to the change of one element into another.

A Hospital Buys a Compound That Contains an Isotope of Barium