This is the isotope of uranium - U-238.
Th-230 -> He-4 + Ra-226 Thorium which alpha decays produces an alpha particle (Helium 4) and a Radium-226 atom.
238U radiates alpha particles and decays via 234Th and 234Pa into 234U, which has a halflife of 245,500 years. (Thorium-234, Protactinium-234, Uranium-234 respectively)
A lone neutron spontaneously decays into a proton plus an electron plus an antineutrino (to carry off extra energy).
The equation for the alpha decay of 234U is: 92234U --> 90230Th + 24He representing the alpha particle as a helium nucleus. 234U also decays by spontaneous fission, but the results are somewhat unpredictable, so there is no standard equation.
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"Beta decay" is used for two different processes. However, the kind undergone by 234Th produces 234Pa.
238U --> 234Th + 4He 234Th --> 234Pa + e- 234Pa --> 234U + e- 234U --> 234Np + e-, not possible
You'd have to specify the isotope of thorium for us to definitively identify the isotope produced. A thorium atom that undergoes alpha decay will become a radium atom. However, we can't identify the specific isotope of radium without knowing the number of neutrons in the original thorium atom.
The beta decay is: 234Th--------beta--------234Pa.
In a leap year, there are 366 days. To find the 234th day, we need to subtract 31 (January) + 29 (February) + 31 (March) + 30 (April) + 31 (May) + 30 (June) + 31 (July) = 213. This leaves us with 234 - 213 = 21 days into August. Therefore, the 234th day in a leap year falls on August 21st.
No, it the 234th. The US was born in 1776. 2010 minus 1776 is 234. the bicentennial (200th year) occurred in 1976. Therefore, 200 plus 25 (225), would make the 225th birthday of America 2001.
Carbon-14 decays by beta-, which emits a W- boson that immediately decays into an electron and an electron anti-neutrino.