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Uranium-239 decays by beta- decay to neptunium-239.

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What is the term for the element that a radioactive isotope decay into?

The term for the element that a radioactive isotope decays into is called the "daughter product". During radioactive decay, the original isotope transforms into a different element or isotope through a series of decay reactions.


What does it mean for an isotpe to be radioactive?

An isotope is radioactive if it undergoes spontaneous decay, emitting particles or radiation in the process. This decay results in the transformation of the atomic nucleus into a different element or a different isotope of the same element.


As radioactive uranium decay it turns into what stable element?

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).


When an isotope decays over time and becomes a different element what is it called?

It is called radioactive decay. During this process, an unstable isotope loses energy or particles to become a more stable element.


What is relative decay?

Relative decay is the process of determining the age of a sample by comparing the amount of a radioactive isotope it contains to the amount of its decay products. By measuring the ratio of remaining isotope to decay product, scientists can estimate the age of the sample based on the known decay rate of the isotope.

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What is the term for the element that a radioactive isotope decay into?

The term for the element that a radioactive isotope decays into is called the "daughter product". During radioactive decay, the original isotope transforms into a different element or isotope through a series of decay reactions.


What happens to a radioisotope when it undergoes decay?

This isotope is transformed in another isotope of another element.


What is the breakdown of a radioactive isotope of the same element or of another element?

radioactive decay


What is a parent isotope?

These terms apply to the decay of radionuclides. The parent isotope is 'the starting point' of a decay series that when it decays, by giving off radiation, changes into another element, or isotope of the original element (the daughter isotope). For example: When Uranium 238 (parent isotope) decays and gives off an alpha particle, it transmutes into Thorium 234 (the daughter isotope).


Can a radioactive element completely decay so that it is all stable matter?

A radioactive element (atom) can decay up to a stable isotope.


An element that decays to another element over a period of time is?

A radioactive element that undergoes nuclear decay to transform into a different element is called a parent isotope. The decay process involves the emission of particles and/or energy until the parent isotope reaches a stable form, known as the daughter isotope. This decay process is used in radiometric dating to determine the age of rocks and minerals.


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.


How does an isotope of an element change during nuclear decay?

During nuclear decay, an isotope of an element changes by emitting radiation, such as alpha or beta particles, or gamma rays. This process results in the isotope transforming into a different element or a different isotope of the same element. The change is necessary to achieve a more stable configuration, typically by adjusting the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.


What is the difference between the parent isotope and the daughter isotope?

The parent isotope is the original radioactive isotope that undergoes decay to form the daughter isotope. The daughter isotope is the stable isotope that is formed as a result of the radioactive decay of the parent isotope.


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

When an isotope is stable, it does not undergo radioactive decay. Stable isotopes have a balanced number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus, which prevents them from spontaneously changing into another element over time.


What element is formed when neptunium atoms fall apart?

For the most common isotope of neptunium, Np-237, the decay daughter is protactinium-233.Each isotope has another type of decay.


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.