separar tupla en pandas

In [2]: df = pd.DataFrame({'a':[1,2], 'b':[(1,2), (3,4)]})                                                                                                                      

In [3]: df                                                                                                                                                                      
Out[3]: 
   a       b
0  1  (1, 2)
1  2  (3, 4)

In [4]: df['b'].tolist()                                                                                                                                                        
Out[4]: [(1, 2), (3, 4)]

In [5]: pd.DataFrame(df['b'].tolist(), index=df.index)                                                                                                                                          
Out[5]: 
   0  1
0  1  2
1  3  4

In [6]: df[['b1', 'b2']] = pd.DataFrame(df['b'].tolist(), index=df.index)                                                                                                                       

In [7]: df                                                                                                                                                                      
Out[7]: 
   a       b  b1  b2
0  1  (1, 2)   1   2
1  2  (3, 4)   3   4
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