What begins to happen to radioactive uranium as soon as a mineral containing it crystallizes from magma?

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Ethan Schofer · Answer 1 · 2018-03-12T08:02:35+0000

The radioactive uranium decays into its daughter product, lead. It would do this in magma as well, as nuclear decay depends on forces within the atom, not on the phase of the material in which the atom is a part.

What begins to happen to radioactive uranium as soon as a mineral containing it crystallizes from magma?

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