system
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human
Is atomic stability of radioactive elements affected when they form a molecule with another element?

For instance say plutonium bonds with some other element. Is it's half life reduced or is it constant regardless?
gpt
In general, the nucleus cares very little about its "chemical environment". The exceptions would be decay modes which directly involve the electron cloud (electron capture, internal conversion, and bound state beta decay).