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Chemistry alpha decay

Rachel Maddiee
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24 minutes ago, Rachel Maddiee said:

Is this the correct equation for alpha decay? 

243/93 Am —> 239/93Np + 4/2He

No. Almost. Pay better attention to numbers..

 

5 hours ago, Rachel Maddiee said:

95 protons

And you wrote "243/93 Am" which is the mistake people were hinting about. Z didn't change in the reaction, but it must decrease by 2 in alpha decay

On 12/23/2019 at 6:05 PM, swansont said:

Z is the atomic number, so...

Of course,sir...

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