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What is a daughter element in radioactive decay

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The daughter element in radioactive decay is the element which forms after the decay of radioactive particle.

For example thorium is the daughter element of the uranium, when uranium emit one alpha particle from its nucleus, it becomes thorium.

Consider the reaction


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