Thorium-238 has 90 protons and electrons and 148 neutrons.
Uranium 238 is aan alpha particles emitter: halflife 4,468.109 years, energy 4,270 MeV.
Uranium 238 goes through a decay series until it becomes lead. An intermediate product of this decay series is Thorium 234. Uranium 238 decays into an atom of Thorium 234 and an atom of Helium 4. The Helium 4, being a gas, frequently escapes into the atmosphere. Since the decay of Uranium 238 into Thorium 234 and Helium 4 gives off heat and mass, nature does not normally reverse the process.
Two neutrons (from 146 to 144)
Uranium 238 is transformed in thorium 234 by alpha decay.
Alpha particles but also electrons and gamma radiations (Th 232).
All radioactive isotopes decay because they are unstable; uranium-238 decay to thorium-234 by beta (-) decay. The half life of 238U is very great: 4,468.109 years.
232U alpha decays to 228Th. Thorium-228 is the daughter product of the alpha decay of uranium-232.
This is an alpha decay.The half-life of uranium-238 is 4,468.10ex.9 years.
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Thorium-234 don't emit alpha particles.
The decay product of uranium 238 by alpha disintegration (not beta or gamma) is thorium 234.