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Tpy6a [65]
3 years ago
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An atom that has 84 protons and 86 neutrons undergoes a reaction. At the end of the reaction, it has 82 protons and 84 neutrons.

What happened to the atom?
Chemistry
2 answers:
Ivenika [448]3 years ago
5 0

C- it emitted an alpha particle in a nuclear reaction (just took the edg test)

mr_godi [17]3 years ago
3 0
<span>During a nuclear reaction, an atom must emit an alpha particle, which consists of 2 protons (positively charged) and 2 neutrons (neutrally charged). Thus, the alpha particle has a charge of +2 (there are no electrons, which are negatively charged, to balance out the two protons). When an atom emits an alpha particle, it will lose this particle, thus losing 2 protons and 2 neutrons as well. Since the atom in the equation goes from 84 protons to 82, and 86 neutrons to 84, it lost 2 protons and 2 neutrons, indicating that it emitted an alpha particle.</span>
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