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An article about half-lives describes a daughter isotope. What is a daughter isotope?

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The answer should be A, the daughter isotope is the isotope formed from the less stable one (parent)


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A daughter isotope is a part of the decay chain process in which the parent isotope undergoes the decaying process in the nuclear reaction and as a result, it forms daughter isotopes. Daughter isotopes can also have their own daughter isotopes if they want.
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