Lead-206 is not radioactive, so it does not spontaneously decay into lighter elements. Radioactive elements heavier than lead undergo a series of decays, each time changing from a heavier element into a lighter or more stable one. Eventually, the element decays into lead-206 and the process stops. So, over billions of years, the amount of lead in the universe has increased because of the decay of numerous radioactive elements produced by supernova explosions. Radioactive uranium-238 decays sequentially into thirteen other lighter elements until it stabilizes at lead-206. The half-lives of the

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Lead-206 is not radioactive, so it does not spontaneously decay into lighter elements. Radioactive elements heavier than lead undergo a series of decays, each time changing from a heavier element into a lighter or more stable one. Eventually, the element decays into lead-206 and the process stops. So, over billions of years, the amount of lead in the universe has increased because of the decay of numerous radioactive elements produced by supernova explosions.  Radioactive uranium-238 decays sequentially into thirteen other lighter elements until it stabilizes at lead-206. The half-lives of the

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