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Curiosity Science Physics Why radioactive has 'radio' in it? What does it have to do with radio waves? Reply To: Why radioactive has 'radio' in it? What does it have to do with radio waves?

In the word ‘radioactive’, the word ‘radio’ stands for ‘radiation’. If a substance is radioactive, it means that it is actively radiating alpha (helium nuclei) and beta particles (electron) and high-frequency electromagnetic waves of the spectrum (gamma rays) away. Radioactivity has nothing to do with radio waves.