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How many electrons protons and neutrons are in Radium226?
Radium 226 has 88 protons, 88 neutrons, and 138 electrons.
What is the beta decay of radium 226?
Radium-226 does not decay by beta decay. It decays by alpha decay to radon-222.
What is the atomic structure of radium 226?
Radium-226 has 88 protons and 138 neutrons in its nucleus. It belongs to the alkaline earth metal group in the periodic table. Radium-226 is a radioactive element that decays into radon-222 through alpha decay.
Is radium identical to an alpha particle?
No. Radium is a heavy metal, atomic number 88 (with 88 protons). An alpha particle is a helium nucleus, atomic number 2. Radium decays by each atom emitting an alpha particle, becoming Radon gas, atomic nubmer 86.
What new element is formed when radium decays?
The neutrons aren't really relevant, since we don't know what the mass of the radium nucleus was and the element is determined strictly by the number of protons anyway. Radium has an atomic number of 88; losing 4 protons would make the atomic number 84, which is polonium. (This is probably really a two-step process: radium -> radon -> polonium, where each step is an alpha decay.)
When radium -226 decays to form radon -222 the radium nucleus emits?
When radium-226 decays to form radon-222, the radium nucleus emits a alpha particle.
When thorium decays by emmitting an alpha particle what is the atomic number of the resulting nucleus?
88Ra, Radium
How many electrons protons and neutrons are in Radium226?
Radium 226 has 88 protons, 88 neutrons, and 138 electrons.
What is the beta decay of radium 226?
Radium-226 does not decay by beta decay. It decays by alpha decay to radon-222.
What dangerous gas is produced when radium decays?
Radon
What is the atomic structure of radium 226?
Radium-226 has 88 protons and 138 neutrons in its nucleus. It belongs to the alkaline earth metal group in the periodic table. Radium-226 is a radioactive element that decays into radon-222 through alpha decay.
Is radium identical to an alpha particle?
No. Radium is a heavy metal, atomic number 88 (with 88 protons). An alpha particle is a helium nucleus, atomic number 2. Radium decays by each atom emitting an alpha particle, becoming Radon gas, atomic nubmer 86.
What new element is formed when radium decays?
The neutrons aren't really relevant, since we don't know what the mass of the radium nucleus was and the element is determined strictly by the number of protons anyway. Radium has an atomic number of 88; losing 4 protons would make the atomic number 84, which is polonium. (This is probably really a two-step process: radium -> radon -> polonium, where each step is an alpha decay.)
What gas is produced when radium decays?
The extremely dangerous Radon (my favorite element).
Is radium magnetic?
No, radium is not magnetic. Radium is a radioactive metallic element that emits highly energetic alpha, beta, and gamma particles as it decays. Magnetism is a property associated with the alignment of magnetic moments in a material, which radium does not exhibit.
When radium-226 (atomic number 88) decays by emitting an alpha particle it becomes .?
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What is the first decay product of radium?
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.
