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It depends on 1)what the fuel isotope is, 2)how long you wait, and 3)luck.
Plutonium decays into uranium as well as helium(don't quote me on this), then uranium decays one of several ways, where the large chuck of the nucleus is lead, Mercury, gold, or another element, depending on the reaction energy
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoWhen atoms undergo decay, they produce one or two daughter atoms, with most decay producing one. In addition there are often particles emitted, such as alpha particles (which are helium nuclei), beta particles (electrons), neutrons, and neutrinos. Also, there are sometimes gamma emissions, which are not particles, but rather photons of very high energy. And there is heat.
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∙ 7y agoIt depends on the element, but uranium (for example) eventually becomes lead after passing through a series of intermediate elements.
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∙ 12y agoThis new element is called a daughter nuclide.
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∙ 14y agoThey don't all become the same element. An atom decays, and turns into some other kind atom. The details vary, depending on what isotope is decaying.
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∙ 7y agoFor each isotope another type of decay occur.
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What is the breakdown of a radioactive isotope of the same element or of another element?
radioactive decay
What type of radioactive decay causes the radionuclide to become an element with a higher atomic number?
beta emmisions
What are the properties of radioactive decay?
Radioactive decay has the following properties: 1. No element can completely decay. 2. The number of atoms decaying in a particular period is proportional to the number of atoms present in the beginning of that period. 3. Estimate of radioactive decay can be made by half life and decay constant of a radioactive element.
Are all elements periodically change to become new element s?
No. Only radioactive elements, which undergo radioactive decay can change to different elements.
The half-life of a radioactive element is?
The time it takes for half of the atoms to decay, and become some other type of atom.
What is a colorless naturally occurring radioactive inert gaseous element formed by radioactive decay?
It is radon that we see formed from the decay of naturally radioactive substances in the earth's crust.
When an atom undergoes radioactive decay does it become a different element?
That depends on the type of decay, alpha and beta decay change the atom into a different element but gamma decay does not.
How can element 92 become element 83?
Through radioactive decay, because Uranium (element 92) is unstable.
All substances that naturally undergo radioactive decay do so until they finally become a stable isotope of one particular element what is the element?
The decay of radioactive substances follows a decay chain that will sooner or later result in the appearance of a stable isotope of lead. There is an exception for the atoms of a few substances that have undergone decay by spontaneous fission.
What is the breakdown of a radioactive isotope of the same element or of another element?
radioactive decay
Can a radioactive element completely decay so that it is all stable matter?
A radioactive element (atom) can decay up to a stable isotope.
What is radioactive element in chemistry?
Actimium, plutonium, radon, radium, thorium, uranium
What is the lightest element that can undergo radioactive decay and what type of decay occurs in that element?
The lightest "element" that can undergo radioactive decay is the isotope hydrogen-3, which undergoes beta decay. The lightest element with no radioactively stable isotopes is technetium, and its isotopes have different modes of decay.
What type of radioactive decay causes the radionuclide to become an element with a higher atomic number?
beta emmisions
What does a radioactive element decay to form?
It turns into another element.
What kind of decay can change one element to another kind of element?
That would be radioactive decay.
What are the properties of radioactive decay?
Radioactive decay has the following properties: 1. No element can completely decay. 2. The number of atoms decaying in a particular period is proportional to the number of atoms present in the beginning of that period. 3. Estimate of radioactive decay can be made by half life and decay constant of a radioactive element.
