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In nuclear physics, a decay product (also known as a daughter product, daughter isotope, radio-daughter, or daughter nuclide) is the remaining nuclide left over from radioactive decay. Radioactive decay often proceeds via a sequence of steps (decay chain).  For example, 238U decays to 234Th which decays to 234mPa which decays, and so on, to 206Pb (which is stable):

  
    
      
        
          
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    {\displaystyle {\ce {^{238}U-}}\overbrace {\underbrace {\ce {^{234}Th}} _{\ce {daughter~of~^{238}U}}{\ce {-}}\underbrace {\ce {^{234\!m}Pa}} _{\ce {granddaughter~of~^{238}U}}{\ce {-\cdots -{^{206}Pb}}}} ^{\ce {decay~products~of~^{238}U}}}
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234Th, 234mPa,…,206Pb are the decay products of 238U.
234Th is the daughter of the parent 238U.
234mPa (234 metastable) is the granddaughter of 238U.These might also be referred to as the daughter products of 238U.Decay products are important in understanding radioactive decay and the management of radioactive waste.
For elements above lead in atomic number, the decay chain typically ends with an isotope of lead or bismuth. Bismuth itself decays to thallium, but the decay is so slow as to be practically negligible.
In many cases, individual members of the decay chain are as radioactive as the parent, but far smaller in volume/mass.  Thus, although uranium is not dangerously radioactive when pure, some pieces of naturally occurring pitchblende are quite dangerous owing to their radium-226 content, which is soluble and not a ceramic like the parent. Similarly, thorium gas mantles are very slightly radioactive when new, but become more radioactive after only a few months of storage as the daughters of 232Th build up.
Although it cannot be predicted whether any given atom of a radioactive substance will decay at a ...