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esmeralda4
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Hi, quick question.
This website...
http://www.oasisllc.com/abgx/radioactivity.htm
says "Radon, the gas produced by the decay of radium-226, also emits alpha particles"
Does this mean that it is actually radium 226 which is the dangerous gas which killed the silver miners and radon is just the product of the decay - kind of like the smoke from a gun.
If you breathed in Radon gas what would happen? Does radon gas continue to decay and emit alpha particles or is it just the radium 226 that decays and radon is stable?
Hope that makes sense,
Thanks
This website...
http://www.oasisllc.com/abgx/radioactivity.htm
says "Radon, the gas produced by the decay of radium-226, also emits alpha particles"
Does this mean that it is actually radium 226 which is the dangerous gas which killed the silver miners and radon is just the product of the decay - kind of like the smoke from a gun.
If you breathed in Radon gas what would happen? Does radon gas continue to decay and emit alpha particles or is it just the radium 226 that decays and radon is stable?
Hope that makes sense,
Thanks