3 years ago

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Chemistry

1 answer:

Zielflug [23.3K]3 years ago

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Explanation:

In an alpha emission, an alpha particle is ejected from a large nucleus. An alpha particle is simply a helium nucleus (atomic number is 2 and mass number is 4) so that means that the atomic number of the emitting nucleus decreases by 2 and its mass number decreases by 4.

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