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What results when radioactive decay causes loss or one more protons?
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What results in radioactive decay causes loss of one or more protons?
a new element is formed
What is the kind of decay that's results in the formation of a different element?
Alpha decay is a kind of radioactive decay in which an alpha particle is emitted from an atom. An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons. Therefore, when an atom of an element undergoes alpha decay, it loses two protons, which changes the atom from one element to another. This is because each different element is identified by the number of protons in its atomic nuclei.
What is nuclear instability?
Nuclear instability is when the nucleus of an atom is unstable because of an improper ratio of protons to neutrons. Nuclear instability causes radioactive decay because the nucleus emits radiation to stabilize itself.
Why does an atom suddenly decay?
An atom is a natural structure that has protons and neutrons bound (fused) together in a nucleus, and electrons orbiting in energy levels about it. Different combinations of protons and neutrons create different elements or different isotopes of a given element. In any case, when we look across different combinations of protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei, there are instances where atomic instability results when a given combination has been made. There are, quite simply, some combinations of protons and neutrons that are "unacceptable" to the protons and neutrons that make up that combination. This is an unstable atomic nucleus, and it is radioactive. It will eventually decay by some means, and all because that nucleus is unstable and is seeking to "get rid" of the instability by undergoing radioactive decay. The nucleus is attempting to change into a stable form, and if the decay product is another unstable form, then another radioactive decay will eventually occur. And so on until the "end product" is a stable isotope of some element.
How can products of radioactive decay be a different element?
All the atoms of an element have the same number of protons in the nucleus of each atom. When the nucleus of a radioactive element such as Uranium splits into pieces, the "new" atoms formed have smaller numbers of protons in each atom.
What results in radioactive decay causes loss of one or more protons?
a new element is formed
What type of reaction results in the change of protons and neutrons?
radioactive decay
What kind of decay results in the formation of a different element?
both top and bottomAlpha decay is a kind of radioactive decay in which an alpha particle is emitted from an atom. An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons. Therefore, when an atom of an element undergoes alpha decay, it loses two protons, which changes the atom from one element to another. This is because each different element is identified by the number of protons in its nuclei.or to be more blunt without all the detail radioactive
Why does thorium undergo radioactive decay?
The ratio neutrons/protons in radioactive isotopes is the cause of their innstability.
What is the process by which an unstable isotope will emit nuclear radiation until it has a stable number of protons and neutrons called?
radioactive decay
What type of radioactive decay results in uranium becoming thorium?
Alpha decay
What type of radioactive decay releases energy from the nucleus without a change of protons neutrons?
This is a gamma-decay.
What causes nuclear decay?
The instability of the nuclei is the basic cause of radioactive decay.
What actually decays in radioactive decay?
The nucleus of the atom decays, and in the process, the nucleus transforms into another element, or into an isotope or isomer of the same element. In radioactive decay, the nucleus always emits some kind of particle(s). It is the high-energy emission of these particles that we call radiation. There are many different types of radioactive decay:Alpha decay results in the emission of an alpha particle (two neutrons and two protons)Beta decay results in the emission of a beta particle (an electron or a positron)Neutron decay results in the emission of a neutronProton decay results in the emission of a protonGamma decay results in the emission of a gamma particle (a photon)Neutrino decay results in the emission of a neutrino or antineutrinoIn some cases, a combination of the above emissions takes place. For example in double beta decay, a single nucleus emits two electrons and two antineutrinos in the same event.
What king of decay causes geothermal heat?
radioactive
What causes heat in center of earth?
Radioactive Decay
What causes transmutation?
Nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment.
