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Explain, in terms of electron configuration why atoms of the radioisotope produced by the sixth decay in the U-238 disintegration series do not readily react to form compounds?

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The reason they don't react is because Elements with full octets are stable, the Elements with no unpaired electrons do not react at all in the decay.

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