A nuclide of an alkaline earth metal undergoes radioactive decay by emission of the α-particles in succession. The group of periodic table to which the resulting daughter element belongs to :
A
group 4
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B
group 6
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C
group 16
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D
group 14
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Solution
The correct option is D group 14 A nuclide of an alkaline earth metal undergoes radioactive decay by emission of the α-particles in succession. The group of periodic table to which the resulting daughter element belongs to is group 14. In this series of alpha emissions, the final stable daughter nucleus is nucleus of Pb (Z=82). It belongs to group 14 (carbon family).