In nuclear science, the decay chain refers to a series of radioactive decays of different radioactive decay products as a sequential series of transformations...

Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable...

decay. Radioactive decay often proceeds via a sequence of steps (decay chain). For example, 238U decays to 234Th which decays to 234mPa which decays,...

product in the decay chain of uranium-238; as such, it can be found naturally in uranium-containing minerals. 226 Ra occurs in the decay chain of uranium-238...

makes it the longest-lived isotope of thorium. It decays by alpha decay to radium-228; its decay chain terminates at stable lead-208. Thorium-232 is a fertile...

fission chain reaction produces intermediate mass fragments which are highly radioactive and produce further energy by their radioactive decay. Some of...

that quickly induces another such reaction. The proton–proton chain is, like a decay chain, a series of reactions. The product of one reaction is the starting...

produced within the Earth. The 238U decay chain contributes six electron anti-neutrinos per 238U nucleus (one per beta decay), resulting in a large detectable...

undergoes alpha decay to francium-221 with a half-life of 10 days, and is an intermediate decay product in the neptunium series (the decay chain starting at...

marking the discovery of the element polonium, 210Po is generated in the decay chain of uranium-238 and radium-226. 210Po is a prominent contaminant in the...