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  • n  a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead

  • When thorium 233 decays, after a brief half life of 23 minutes, it becomes protactinium 233, which in turn decays after a half life of 27 days, becomes uranium 233, a full .

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