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No, it cannot. Fission is the "splitting" of an atom, and a hydrogen atom will not fission. Some hydrogen atoms have a neutron stuck to the proton in their nucleus. Some even have two neutrons stuck to that proton. These neutrons can be "knocked loose" in something like a nuclear chair reaction in a weapon. The neutrons then can contribute to the building of the nuclear chain reaction. But fission doesn't happen to hydrogen.
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∙ 13y agoNo, it is not possible for a hydrogen nucleus to emit an alpha particle. An alpha particle is a pair of protons and a pair of neutrons fused together. (It's a helium-4 nucleus, actually.) A hydrogen nucleus will either be a lone proton (most of the time), a proton fused to a neutron (rarely), or a proton fused to two neutrons (extremely rarely). Given the nuclear structure of hydrogen as outlined, it cannot emit an alpha particle.
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∙ 14y agoNo, not all atoms can undergo nuclear fission. Most do not. But there are a very few at the upper end of the Periodic Table that do. Most notable among them are uranium and plutonium. We know those because we use them to fuel nuclear reactors and construct nuclear weapons.
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∙ 12y agono alpha decay is when an atomic nucleus looses an alpha particle.
an alpha particle is made up of two neutrons and two protons.
since hydrogen has only one proton it cannot undergo alpha decay
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∙ 13y agoAlpha particles ARE and fast moving helium nucleus.
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∙ 15y agoAlpha radiation consists of Alpha particles. An Alpha particle is the same as the nucleus of a Helium atom, so it is positively charged.
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∙ 14y agoAn alpha particle already is Helium. To be more precise, a helium-4 nucleus; but it won't have any difficulty in attacting two more electrons.
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∙ 14y agoPu239, to name one.
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∙ 12y agohelium nuclei
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∙ 12y agoYes, uranium emit alpha particles.
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When an unstable Bromine nucleus undergoes alpha decay the nucleus formed is that of?
If a bromine atom underwent alpha decay, the result would be an arsenic atom with a mass number four lower than the original bromine atom. I did a little research on this, however, and it appears that there are no bromine isotopes that undergo alpha decay. I have provided a link to the interactive table of nuclides.
What is the type of radioactive decay in which positive particles are given off?
It's called alpha-decay. The two protons and two neutrons are removed in the form of alpha particles, or helium nuclei.
What kind of reaction can change one element into another?
There are only 2 ways that can happen, fission or fusion. Fusion is when two atoms combine to become a larger atom (almost exclusively two hydrogen atoms becoming 1 helium atom). Fission is much more common and is present in all radioactive elements.
How is helium created?
I think it's formed from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms. The production of Helium was the result of nucleosynthesis which happened just after the Big Bang. In stars it also formed from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen.
What is the alpha decay of the Thorium isotope Th 232?
Seems some mistake in printing the mass number of thorium. It has to be 227. No Th-225 is available as far as the tables have been analysed. When a alpha particle comes out then the atomic number of parent is reduced by 2 and its mass number will be reduced by 4. So in case of Th-227, it gets changed to Ra-223 after the emission of an alpha particle.
What type of decay does fermium undergo?
The most common is alpha decay.
Why doesn't alpha decay occur for hydrogen?
Alpha decay requires two protons and two neutrons. Hydrogen only has one proton.
How does americium - 241 undergo beta decay?
Americium-241 has an alpha decay associated with gamma.
Is hydrogen hydrogen helium alpha decay?
No. Hydrogen atoms combining to form helium is nuclear fusion. Alpha decay is a process whereby a large atomic nucleus ejects a helium nucleus.
What is the decay process that polonium undergoes?
All isotopes of polonium can undergo alpha decay, a small number of isotopes can also undergo beta decay, K capture decay, or gamma decay.
What type of decay does Am-241 undergo to become Np-237?
The decay that occurs for Am-241 to become Np-237 is called alpha decay. Alpha decay is characterized by a decrease of 2 in the atomic number and 4 in the mass number.
Do all atoms have beta decay?
No. Many atoms do not decay at all. Many that do undergo alpha decay. A few atoms emit neutron radiation.
How does polonium 216 undergo alpha decay to form a lead isotope?
The reaction is:Po-216----------------alpha particle-----------------Pb-212
When one neptunium isotope undergoes an alpha decay what does it become?
Npn decays to Pan-4 and alpha. Only isotopes 234, 235, and 237 of neptunium can undergo alpha decay, the others decay by beta-, beta+, K capture, and/or gamma decay. So the only products of neptunium alpha decay can be protactinium isotopes 230, 231, or 233.
Does fermium-257 undergo nuclear decay?
Alpha decay to californium 253. The half life of fermium 257 is 100.5 days.
Why benzaldehyde does not undergo aldol condensation?
Only those aldehydes may undergo the aldol condensation which have the alpha hydrogen (hydrogen at carbon adjacent to carbonyl carbon) in benzaldehyde alpha carbon is not present so it can not undergoes the aldol condensation.
What is the lightest element that can undergo radioactive decay and what type of decay occurs in that element?
The lightest "element" that can undergo radioactive decay is the isotope hydrogen-3, which undergoes beta decay. The lightest element with no radioactively stable isotopes is technetium, and its isotopes have different modes of decay.
