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When an isotope is blank it does not undergo radioactive decay?

when an isotope is it does not undergo radioactive decay


Where did radon originate?

Radon is a radioactive gas in the decay series of uranium and thorium.


What is it called when atoms are unstable and undergo a nuclear decay?

radioactive decay


What radon gas is produced?

Radon is a natural chemical element; it can be found inthe radioactive decay series of uranium, thorium.


What is radon's origin?

Radon is a natural chemical element; it can be found in the radioactive decay series of uranium and thorium.


What is a colorless naturally occurring radioactive inert gaseous element formed by radioactive decay?

It is radon that we see formed from the decay of naturally radioactive substances in the earth's crust.


Is Radon a planet?

Nope, but it is a colorless, radioactive, inert gaseous element formed by the radioactive decay of radium.


Odor less radioactive gas produced from uranium decay?

This gas is radon.


What is the radioactive gas produced when uranium and thorium decay?

Isotopes of radon (Rn)


What do the topic of radon and carbon dating have in common?

Both are based on radioactive decay.


What ore does radon come from?

Radon is released from any substance containing traces of uranium or radium. These substances, which include most rock and soil, are found worldwide. Radon gas is released by the emissiom of alpha particles from these radioactive substances.


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.