What happens during a decay?
| August 30, 2020 | Education
When an a-particle escapes from an atomic nucleus, the number of protons (charge number) in the nucleus decreases by two, and the a-decay product turns out to be the nucleus of a chemical element with a charge number two units less than the initial one. In this case, the mass number of the new product core becomes four units less than the mass number of the original core.
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