answersLogoWhite

0

Maybe, and maybe not. It depends on how large the sample is and how long "eventually" is. Though radon has a modest half-life, it still takes a long, long time for any appreciable amount to decay to the point where we can't detect it. Remember that any "sample" will contain radon atoms numbered in many powers of ten. Then there's the fact that a half-life is a statistically derived amount of time, meaning that a single given atom or a small number of atoms won't "obey" the "rule" of the half-life and decay "on schedule" per the time cited. All the atoms of radon-222 may not disappear "eventually" as was asked. But for all practical purposes, a sample might be said to disappear over geologic time. Radon-222, an isotope of the radioactive inert gas, has a half-life of 3.8235 days. That means that in 3.8235 days, half of the 222Rn sample will be gone. In another 3.8235 days, half of that remaining 222Rn will be gone. And so on. Note that the radon-222 is undergoing radioactive decay to "disappear" as was asked. Additionally, each radon-222 atom that decays will have to undergo another 7 decay events to become a stable isotope of lead. And all of this is radioactive decay.

User Avatar

Wiki User

17y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

How important is plant propagation?

It is vital. Without reproduction all plants would eventually disappear.


Will all the c-14 in nature eventually disappear?

No, not all the C-14 in nature will eventually disappear. While C-14 has a half-life of about 5,730 years, some amount will always be present in the environment due to ongoing cosmic ray interactions with nitrogen in the atmosphere.


One of my eyes is shrinking that is performing all the work. Is this possible?

no because eventually your eye would disappear and that is impossible


Will all of the carbon 14 in nature eventually disappear?

No, but it will eventually get to a percentile very close to zero, making it unreliable to date anything older than 50,000 years.


What will happen if microorganism suddenly disappear from earth?

then slowly the food chain will start to crumble and we will go don like the dinosaurs! then we will all turn into cannibals or die then eventually everyone will die


What is a good sentence for the word disappear?

The magician can make all of the white rabbits disappear.


When will cheetahs disappear?

when they all get hunted


Will humanity disappear forever?

If you mean "disappear" in the physical sense (i.e. from this universe), then yes, because the Bible supports the Second Law of Thermodynamics by saying that everything around us will eventually fade away forever, and us along with it- meaning that the universe and everything in it will be destroyed. If by "disappear" you mean "cease to exist", then no. All humans that have ever lived and that ever will live will exist forever in either heaven or hell.


If energy is never destroyed then where does the energy from fuels disappear?

Combustion of the fuels produces heat energy. This energy warms all things and the air in its vicinity. The energy doesn't disappear but is distributed over a lot of matter.


Who said 'How quickly all things disappear'?

Marcus Aurelius - How quickly all things disappear, in the universe the bodies themselves, but in time the remembrance of them


Do all ships and planes disappear in Bermuda triangle?

No, not at all.


Will water keep on boiling forever if a sausepan is left on a hot stove?

Boiling water changes it's state from a liquid (water) into a gas (steam) so water left on a hot stove top will eventually disappear as it all turns to steam.