An ordinary atom is balanced for instance, lithium has 3 protons and 3 electrons the positively charged proton cancels the negatively charged electron.

THINK math plus 3 and negative 3 = 0 neutral

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When polonium-210 emits an alpha particle, the child isotope has an atomic mass of

Sergeeva-Olga [200]

Answer: The child isotope has an atomic mass of 206.

Explanation:

Alpha decay : When a larger nuclei decays into smaller nuclei by releasing alpha particle. In this process, the mass number and atomic number is reduced by 4 and 2 units respectively.

General representation of an element is given as: $_Z^A\textrm{X}$

where,

Z represents Atomic number

A represents Mass number

X represents the symbol of an element

General representation of alpha decay :

$_Z^A\textrm{X}\rightarrow _{Z-2}^{A-4}Y+_2^4\alpha$

$_{84}^{210}\textrm{Po}\rightarrow_{82}^{206}\textrm{Pb}+_2^4\textrm{He}$

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