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What is a radioactive decay series and when does it end?
Usually called a 'decay chain', there is a series of radioactive decays which end with a stable isotope. Ex: uranium undergoes about 14 steps in the decay chain that ends with the formation of a stable isotope of Lead.
What is a decay chain?
One element decaying into another, which decays into another
What makes a radio active decay chain end?
A radioactive decay chain ends when a series of radioactive isotopes transforms into a stable isotope, which no longer undergoes further decay. Each isotope in the chain decays into another isotope or element until a stable state is reached. Once the final stable isotope is formed, the chain ceases, as there are no further radioactive transformations. This stable isotope can exist indefinitely without undergoing radioactive decay.
What is the source of heat in the Earth's interior?
The main sources of heat in the Earth's interior are residual heat from the planet's formation, radioactive decay of elements like uranium, thorium, and potassium, and heat generated by ongoing processes like mantle convection and core formation. This heat leads to processes like plate tectonics, volcanic activity, and the Earth's magnetic field.
What element is nonradioactive in the chain decay of uranium?
Only the end product of the decay chain of uranium, a non radioactive isotope of lead.
What males a radioactive decay chain end?
The final product is not radioactive.
Can any explain the formation of francium by the radioactive decay of uranium and actinium?
227Ac----- alpha decay---- 223Fr
What element is obtained through the decay of radium?
Radium naturally decays into radon, which is a radioactive noble gas. This decay process is one of the steps in the radioactive decay chain of uranium-238.
What is the definition for decay product ratio?
The decay product ratio is the ratio of the amount of a specific decay product to the amount of the parent isotope in a radioactive decay chain. It is used to determine the relative contribution of different decay pathways in the decay of a radioactive substance.
What is the source of heat in the Earth interior?
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When radioactive isotopes break down into other elements the process is called?
radioactive decay
What is the toxic radioactive metallic element that occurs in small quantities as a decay product of uranium?
All the decay chain isotopes are radioactive and toxic (excepting the last member which is non-radioactive but also toxic); you think probably to radium or polonium.
