Explaining Radioactive Decay
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What are the atomic number and mass number when:
A. An isotope of atomic number 90 and mass number of 232 emits an alpha particle?
B. An isotope of atomic number 48 and a mass number of 113 emits a beta particle?
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In this solution we consider the fate of a few radioactive elements that undergo either alpha or beta decay. What do they change to?
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A) An alpha particle is an atom with mass number 4 and atomic number two, so we subtract 2 from 90 ...
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