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What characterizes a radioactive element?

A radioactive element is characterized by having unstable atomic nuclei that decay and emit radiation in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, or gamma rays. This decay process results in the transformation of the element into a different element or isotope.


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 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 kind of decay can change one element to another kind of element?

That would be radioactive decay.


What happens when radioactive element decays?

When a radioactive element decays, it releases energy in the form of radiation (such as alpha or beta particles). The decay changes the element into a different element or isotope, which may also be radioactive. This process continues until a stable non-radioactive element is formed.


The time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample of a radioactive element to decay is the element's?

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When elements such as uranium and plutonium decay do they form different elements chemical reactions or larger compounds?

When an element "decays", it forms a different element. This is the definition of "decay" when referring to radioactive elements.


What is a parent and daughter element?

In chemistry, a parent element is a radioactive element that undergoes decay to form a different element known as the daughter element. The parent element gives rise to the daughter element as a result of radioactive decay processes such as alpha decay, beta decay, or electron capture. The daughter element has a different number of protons and atomic number compared to the parent element.


How is a radioactive element's rate of decay?

A radioactive element's rate of decay is characterized by its half-life, which is the time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay into a more stable form. This process occurs at a constant rate, unique to each isotope, and is unaffected by external conditions like temperature or pressure. The decay follows an exponential decay model, meaning that as time progresses, the quantity of the radioactive substance decreases rapidly at first and then more slowly.


Radioactive decay occurs when?

When a radioactive element slowly turns into another element/s when it emits various particles.


Because francium breaks down and gives off particles and energy it is a what?

Francium is a radioactive chemical element an can disintegrate.