Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 23, 2018 10:28
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Swedish term
led(et)
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In the sentence
Ledet före radon-222 är radium-226.
is "ledet" "the chain" or is it "the isotope"?
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In the sentence
Ledet före radon-222 är radium-226.
is "ledet" "the chain" or is it "the isotope"?
I'm useless at chemistry
Thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 | parent |
Christopher Schröder
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| 4 +1 | radionuclide, nuclide |
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
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| 3 | The element |
George Hopkins
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Christopher Schröder
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Radium 226 is the parent istope and decays into radon 222 which is the daughter isotope
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Note added at 1 hr (2018-02-23 11:29:13 GMT)
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*parent isotope
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Note added at 1 hr (2018-02-23 11:29:13 GMT)
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*parent isotope
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Comment: "Took this as daughter is used in the text too"
13 mins
The element
May suit the context.
+1
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Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
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Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB) 
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radionuclide, nuclide
You could use either of these. It is an isotope, but nuclide is more appropriate.
The use of "led" does not refer to a full chain, but rather to one link or step of a chain, namely the chain of radioactive decay starting with uranium-238 and ending at lead-206.
For this reason, I would not use "parent" - even though radium-226 is indeed the parent nuclide of radon-222, it is also the decay product (or daughter product) of thorium-230.
Element is to vague.
And by the way, this is physics rather than chemistry.
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Note added at 2 timmar (2018-02-23 13:25:18 GMT)
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https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-radium
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK230654/
The use of "led" does not refer to a full chain, but rather to one link or step of a chain, namely the chain of radioactive decay starting with uranium-238 and ending at lead-206.
For this reason, I would not use "parent" - even though radium-226 is indeed the parent nuclide of radon-222, it is also the decay product (or daughter product) of thorium-230.
Element is to vague.
And by the way, this is physics rather than chemistry.
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Note added at 2 timmar (2018-02-23 13:25:18 GMT)
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https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-radium
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK230654/
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