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As radioactive uranium decay it turns into what stable element?
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∙ 10y ago
Heavy radioactive elements (parent nuclei) decay to form daughter products that are as varied in number as the parents. Each heavy element has its own daughter.
To find the decay mode and end products of the radioactive decay for a given isotope, use a Table of Nuclides. A link is provided to the interactive chart posted by the National Nuclear Data Center at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The final stable element formed by all radioactive decay is lead (element number 82).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe unstable element (isotope, really) will break down to form another kind of atom.
The unstable element (isotope, really) will break down to form another kind of atom.
The unstable element (isotope, really) will break down to form another kind of atom.
The unstable element (isotope, really) will break down to form another kind of atom.
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∙ 14y agoThe unstable element (isotope, really) will break down to form another kind of atom.
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∙ 10y agolead
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What does uranium become when it decays?
If we use uranium-238 as our starter isotope, what happens is that a nuclear decay event happens (in this case an alpha decay) and the U-238 transforms into a daughter isotope thorium (Th-234). The half-life of this transition is 4.5 billion years. Thorium-234 then undergoes a decay. And the process continues until a stable isotope is created as the last daughter of a decay chain. Note that there will be different half lives for the transition events, and the modes of decay will vary depending on what daughter is now the parent in the next decay event. Use the link below to see all the steps. The chart will show the whole chain including the half-life of isotope undergoing decay, the decay mode, and the daughter. Follow along using the keys and the process will reveal itself.
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.
Is plutonium the result of of the alpha decay of uranium?
Plutonium is not related to uranium isotopes radioactive decay; plutonium is obtained by nuclear reactions from uranium isotopes only in nuclear reactors.
What other solids can destroy einsteinium?
Einsteinium as a radioactive element has itself a radioactive decay.
How can radioactive decay change one element into another?
When one element goes through radio active decay, it looses some alpha , beta particles and also neutrons so considering those things we should reduce number of alpha , beta and also neutrons lost by the element. from that we have to decide the element which occur after radio active 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 the scientist Marie Curie known for?
discovery of the elements Radium and Poloniumstudying the decay chains from the radioactive element Uranium down to the stable element Lead
What radioactive element turns to lead when it has lost lots of energy?
It is uranium that is changed into lead during radioactive decay. Note that there are a number of intermediate steps in the conversion of uranium into stable lead. The uranium does not change directly into lead. The uranium atom undergoes decay, and a radioactive daughter product appears. This continues with radioactive daughters appearing at the end of every step - until lead appears.
What is the decay element of uranium?
It is not yet discovered since all of the uranium isotopes are having half life for several millions of years. We would be able to find it after atleast 700 millions of years.
What is the stable element for the uranium decay chain?
Isotopes of lead
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.
Can you get power from the radioactive element Uranium?
Yes, the radioactive decay of Uranium-235 is used to produce power in nuclear power plants.
How can element 92 become element 83?
Through radioactive decay, because Uranium (element 92) is unstable.
Uranium decay chain ends when the final disintegrarion product is the stable element?
All radioactive elements eventually decay to lead (Pb). There a numerous isotopes of lead and it is thought that all the lead(Pb) in the world is derived from decayed radioactive isotopes.
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.
Why is uranium classified as a radioactive element?
That means that some of the atoms will decay over time.
What is the element at the head of an artificial radioactive decay series?
Enriched Uranium and following it is Plutonium
