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The atomic mass of the radium isotope 226Ra is 226,025 409 8(25).
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The mass number of the isotope 228Ra is 228.
Radium has 88 electrons. The number of neutrons is different for each isotope: Number of neutrons = Atomic mass of an isotope - 88
The atomic mass of the radium isotope 226Ra is 226,025 409 8(25).
The mass number of the isotope 228Ra is 228.
88
The most stable isotope of radium - 226Ra - has the atomic mass 226,025 409 8 (25).
Radium has 88 electrons. The number of neutrons is different for each isotope: Number of neutrons = Atomic mass of an isotope - 88
Radium is a non metal element. Atomic number of it is 88.
Radium has 88 electrons. The number of neutrons is different for each isotope: Number of neutrons = Atomic mass - 88 The most stable and known isotope of radium, 226Ra, has 138 neutrons.
Radium decays in any of (at least) four different ways, depending on isotope and, in some cases, on luck, as some isotopes can decay in different ways. The most important way radium can decay is by alpha emission. Nearly all naturally occurring radium decays this way, and so do the majority of synthetic isotopes. In this case, radium emits an alpha particle, which can be regarded as a helium nucleus, and the daughter atom is radon. The isotope of radon is depends on the isotope of radium involved; the mass number of the radon is always equal to the mass number of the radium minus four. Some heavier radium isotopes undergo negative beta decay, in which case the decay products are an actinium atom and a negative beta particle, which can be viewed as an electron. Some lighter radium isotopes undergo positive beta decay, in which case the decay products are a francium atom, a positive beta particle, which can be viewed as a positron, and an electron type antineutrino. A few radium isotopes also rarely undergo what is called cluster decay, and the most important naturally occurring isotope, radium-226 is among these. Cluster decay involves emission of a nucleus larger than an alpha particle, and in the case of radium all known cluster decays emit carbon-14 nuclei. In this case, the daughter atom is lead, with a mass number that is 14 lower than the mass number of the parent. So radium-226 can emit a carbon-14 nucleus, leaving a lead-212 atom.
The mass of the most known and stable isotope of radium, 226Ra, is 226,025 409 8(25).