Question

What daughter product is produced when thallium-206, an isotope of thallium, undergoes beta minus decay?

Answer 1

Answer: Daughter product that is formed after the beta-minus decay of
`_(81)^(206)\textrm{Th}` is
`_(82)^(206)\textrm{Pb}`

Explanation: Beta-minus decay is a process in which an unstable radioactive atom forms a stable molecule.

In this decay, a neutron results in the formation of a proton and an electron.

Beta-minus decay of
`_(81)^(206)\textrm{Th}` follows:

`_(81)^(206)\textrm{Th}\rightarrow _(82)^(206)\textrm{Pb}+_(-1)^0\beta`

Daughter product is
`_(82)^(206)\textrm{Pb}`