The radioactive isotope Pt-188 decays into a stable nuclide after a series of 4 separate decays. The daughter nucleus of each decay becomes the parent nucleus of the next one, until, after 4 decays, a stable nuclide is formed. In order, the series of decays that Eu-144 goes through is: a, a, BT, is the final stable nuclide that is created after all these decays have occurred? Give your answer in the form Z. X= Y= Z-

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The radioactive isotope Pt-188 decays into a stable nuclide after a series of 4
separate decays. The daughter nucleus of each decay becomes the parent nucleus of
the next one, until, after 4 decays, a stable nuclide is formed. In order, the series of
decays that Eu-144 goes through is: a, a, BT,
Bt.
is the final stable nuclide that is created after all these decays have occurred?
Give your answer in the form Z.
X=
Y=
Z-
Transcribed Image Text:The radioactive isotope Pt-188 decays into a stable nuclide after a series of 4 separate decays. The daughter nucleus of each decay becomes the parent nucleus of the next one, until, after 4 decays, a stable nuclide is formed. In order, the series of decays that Eu-144 goes through is: a, a, BT, Bt. is the final stable nuclide that is created after all these decays have occurred? Give your answer in the form Z. X= Y= Z-
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