The black oxide is the higher oxide of Copper i.e Cu. It is also called as tenorite. It is solid black in color. It is formed by heating copper with air.
Blue vitriol is the crystalline form of copper sulphate. It is also known as copper (II) sulphate.
When heating, the blue vitriol undergoes various steps of changes to the black oxide of copper.
A, radium-228. Alpha radiation is essentially just two protons and two neutrons leaving the atom, causing the atomic number to drop by two (since the protons left) and the mass number to drop by four (since two neutrons and protons left).