Answer:
²²⁶₈₈Ra → ²²²₈₆Rn + ⁴₂He +⁰₀γ
Explanation:
This radioactive decay occurs when the unstable radium-226 atom wants to lose energy by emitting an alpha particle from its nucleus which is an helium nucleus with no electron. The radium (86) is transformed to radon(Rn) where the atomic number of radium (88) is reduced by two units into radon, Rn (86) and mass number reduced by 4 units.
The equation for the transformation is;
²²⁶₈₈Ra → ²²²₈₆Rn + ⁴₂He +⁰₀γ where
²²⁶₈₈Ra ---------radium-226
²²²₈₆Rn -------radon-222
⁴₂He ----------alpha particle
⁰₀γ ------------energy
Note that ⁴₂He can also be written as : ⁴₂∝
