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Why is radioactive decay dependent on amount of substance available?

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Radioactive decay is an attribute of unstable nucleus. When we represent it in equation, we don't involve any macroscopic attribute of substance.

But still, rate of radioactive decay is proportional to amount of substance available (a macroscopic attribute). Why?

What's really the relation with others when it comes to bleeding out its unstability?


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