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NOTES: The symbols and indicate alpha and beta decay, and the times shown are half-lives. An asterisk indicates that the isotope is also a significant gamma emitter. Uranium-238 also decays by spontaneous fission.
Polonium-214 160 microseconds 5.0 days Bismuth-210 22 years Lead-210 20 minutes Bismuth-214*
27 minutes Lead-214*
Lead-206 (stable)
NOTES: The symbols and indicate alpha and beta decay, and the times shown are half-lives. Protactinium-231* 26 hours 33,000 years An asterisk indicates that the isotope is also a significant gamma emitter.
Thorium-227* 19 days
Bismuth-211* 36 minutes Lead-211* 4.8 minutes Thallium-207 Lead-207 (stable) 2.1 minutes
NOTES: Radium-224 3.7 days The symbols and indicate alpha and beta decay, and the times shown are half-lives. An asterisk indicates that the isotope is also a significant gamma emitter.
Radon-220 56 seconds
61 minutes (64%) Bismuth-212* 11 hours Lead-212* 3.1 minutes Thallium-208* Lead-208 (stable) 61 minutes (36%)