218 Po ‘ 218 Po =Radium A’ ‘ 218 At =Radium B’ C D E 210 Po =Radium ‘F’ Radon =‘Emanation’ ‘Radium’ C’ C’’ The Natural Decay Chain for 238 U Aside: information.
210 Po: An Interesting Nucleus The s-process ‘terminator’...end point of element production the stars... Mme. Curie (and some of her mates...) in 1898.
Radiation occurs in nature…the earth is ‘bathed’ in radiation from a variety of sources. Humans have evolved with these levels of radiation in the environment.
