Alpha Decay

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• How do alpha particles decay?
• How do you write nuclear equations for alpha decay?
• How does alpha decay help stabilize a nucleus?
• Why are alpha particles positive?
• How can I calculate alpha decay?
• How is alpha decay used by humans?
• How does alpha decay change the nucleus of a radioactive atom?
• How does alpha decay differ from beta decay?
• How do alpha particles interact with matter?
• How do alpha particles cause ionisation?
• How can alpha particles be detected?
• How are alpha particles used?
• Could you explain me the Rutherford alpha particle scattering experiment?
• Who is Ernest Rutherford?
• What are some examples of alpha particles?
• If sulfur 34 undergoes alpha decay, what will it become?
• What is alpha decay?
• How is the atomic mass changed by alpha decay?
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• What nuclide undergoes alpha decay to produce sodium-24?
• What is the change in atomic mass number when an atom emits an alpha particle?
• What are the products for the alpha decay of #""_64^150Gd#?
• It takes about #10^16# years for just half the samarium-149 in nature to decay by alpha-particle emission. What is the decay equation, and what is the isotope that is produced by the reaction?
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• Radiation emitted during radon's decay process was discovered to be useful in cancer therapy. What is the nuclide X formed in the reaction #""_86^222Rn -> ""_Z^A X + _2^4He#, in which radon-222 undergoes alpha decay?
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• What causes Alpha decay?
• Radium, Ra-226, undergoes alpha decay. What is the product?
• When Plutonium-239 undergoes alpha decay, what does it become?
• What are the main differences in alpha decay and beta decay?
• How do you write the nuclear equation for the beta decay of francium-223.?
• What is the product produced when #""_92^238"U"# undergoes alpha decay?
• Which missing item would complete this alpha decay reaction?
• How do you write a balanced nuclear equation for alpha decay of Po-218?
• An atom of polonium-218 undergoes alpha decay. What new element is produced?
• What does Carbon 14 become through the process of Alpha Decay?
• Why is alpha decay dangerous?
• What is alpha decay?
• What stops alpha decay?
• What is alpha decay made of?
• What does alpha decay release?
• How do you determine alpha decay?
• How does alpha decay work?
• How does alpha decay affect humans?
• How does alpha decay affect the atomic number?
• How does alpha decay affect the nucleus?
• How does alpha decay change the nucleus of an atom?
• What are examples of alpha decay?
• Question #9d679
• A certain element is radioactive. It emits alpha particles. Each of its nuclei contains 92 protons and 142 neutrons. Write a nuclear equation that describes the change that takes place by alpha emission?
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• An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons. What is the charge of an alpha particle?
• How do you complete the following alpha decay reaction?
• Question #65496
• Considering radiation weighting factors only, how many times more dangerous are alpha particles than protons?
• What is the radioactive particle released in the following nuclear equation #""_74^159"W" -> ""_72^155"Hf" + ? #
• What are some shielding materials adequate for protection from alpha particles?
• How do you write a balanced nuclear equation for the decay process of Uranium 238?
• Question #6d153
• Missing item would complete this alpha decay reaction? #"_98^251Cf# #-> ##"_96^247Cm + ?#
• What is a sacrificial anode, and what are its uses in engineering?
• Question #e84a8
• How does an atom change when it undergoes radioactive decay?
• If Eu-174 loses an alpha particle, what is left?
• How do you write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of #"_62^148Sm#?
• What particle is needed to complete this nuclear reaction? #"_86^222Rn##->##"_84^218 Po + underline# ?
• The radioactive atom #""_84^210 "Po"# decays by alpha emission. How would you write an equation showing the decay?
• What is the daughter nucleus that is produced when Uranium-235 undergoes alpha decay?
• Write the following nuclear equation, the reaction undergoing alpha decay: #""_92^233 U#?
• What is an alpha particle made up of?
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• What type of decay is involved when Polonium-214 decays into lead?
• What is the product element (isotope) produced when protactinium undergoes alpha decay?
• Question #17d55
• How do you determine the total mass of an original 28.0-milligram sample of Po-210 that remains unchanged after 414 days?
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• Question #d5385
• What happens when polonium-214 undergoes alpha decay?
• Question #ff8f4