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You'd have to specify the isotope of thorium for us to definitively identify the isotope produced. A thorium atom that undergoes alpha decay will become a radium atom. However, we can't identify the specific isotope of radium without knowing the number of neutrons in the original thorium atom.
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∙ 12y ago231Th-------------231Pa + ?-
234Th-------------234Pa + ?-
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∙ 10y agoA thorium-234 atom has 90 protons and 144 neutrons. It has a half-life of 24.5 days. When it decays it emits a beta particle and a gamma ray, leaving behind a protactinium-234 atom.
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∙ 12y agoThorium-234 decays via beta- decay to protactinium-234, releasing a W- boson, which then decays to an electron and an electron antineutrino.
90234Th -> 91234Pa + (W- -> e- + v-e)
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∙ 12y agoThorium-225 decays (90% of it, that is) via alpha decay to radium-221.
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∙ 11y agoBeta decay of uranium produces neptunium element and the beta decay of neptunium produces plutonium.
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∙ 9y agoThorium-234 is transformed in protactinium-234 by beta decay.
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∙ 12y ago231Th-------------231Pa + β-
234Th-------------234Pa + β-
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∙ 14y agoFor example: 231Th---------β---→231Pa 234Th---------β---→234Pa
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Determine what type of decay occurs when thorium-231 undergoes radioactive decay to form protactinium-231?
Thorium 234: Beta decay. Atomic number increases by 1.
What is beta decay of thorium 234?
Protactinium 234 is a decay product of thorium 234; the nuclear reaction is: 23490Th-----------beta rays-------------23491Pa
What radioactive isotope undergoes beta decay to produce sulfur 32?
Phosphorus-32 produces sulfur-32 by negative beta decay.
Thorium -234 proatinium-234 plus -1?
Protactinium 234 is a decay product of thorium 234; the nuclear reaction is: 23490Th---------------23491Pa + beta rays (e-)
Scandium undergoes beta decay What is the resulting daughter isotope?
Naturally occurring scandium 45Sc is stable. However synthetic isotopes of scandium can have 36 to 60 nucleons. Isotopes with masses above the stable isotope decay through beta emission into isotopes of titanium. Isotopes below the stable variety decay, mainly by electron capture, into isotopes of calcium.
Determine what type of decay occurs when thorium-231 undergoes radioactive decay to form protactinium-231?
Thorium 234: Beta decay. Atomic number increases by 1.
What is beta decay of thorium 234?
Protactinium 234 is a decay product of thorium 234; the nuclear reaction is: 23490Th-----------beta rays-------------23491Pa
If Thorium looses a beta particle what element does it become?
An example of beta decay for a thorium isotope: Th-231(beta)Pa-231.
What type of radiation is emitted by thorium?
Thorium-232 is an alpha emitter; rarely decay by spontaneous fission or double beta decay are possible.
What happens to the mass number when it undergoes beta decay?
nothing, but another isotope with the same atomic mass is formed
What must be happening in the nucleus of thorium-234 as it changes to protactinium?
The beta decay is: 234Th--------beta--------234Pa.
How is thorium 234 changed into uranium 234?
Thorium-234 is not changed in uranium-234.- Th-234 is a decay product of U-238- By beta decay Th-234 is transformed in Pa-234
When an oxygen19 nucleus undergoes beta decay the nucleus formed is that of?
Fluorine
When cobalt 60 undergoes nuclear decay it emits?
Beta Particle
What radioactive isotope undergoes beta decay to produce sulfur 32?
Phosphorus-32 produces sulfur-32 by negative beta decay.
What happens when carbon 14 undergoes radioactive decay?
6C14 ---------> 7N14 + -1 e0 Beta particle is emitted and carbon changes into nitrogen
Beta decay of neodymium-144?
Nope, Neodymium-144 undergoes Alpha decay to Cerium-140.
