Retention

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-010286",
  "term": "Retention",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The share of atoms that stay in, or go back to, their original chemical form after undergoing nuclear decay or a nuclear reaction. For example, when a radioactive atom in a molecule decays or captures a neutron, retention is the part that remains bonded in the parent molecular structure. The rest, one minus the retention, appears in other chemical forms and is the basis of Szilard-Chalmers enrichment.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "nuclear transformation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1551 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/retention/"
}