The resulting element is protactinium, atomic number 91.
88Ra, Radium
226Ra------------alpha particle----------222Rn (radon, a radioactive gas)
The result is radon, atomic number 86. 226Ra - alpha particle = 222Rn (radon, a radioactive gas)
When thorium-234 undergoes beta decay, a neutron in the nucleus is converted into a proton, resulting in the formation of protactinium-234, with atomic number 91.
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.
electrons are not present in the nucleus
When the nucleus releases a beta minus particle the atomic number increase with 1.When the nucleus releases a beta plus particle the atomic number decrease with 1.
In the atomic nucleus this particle is the neutron.
That particle is an electron.
When uranium-238 (atomic number 92) decays by emitting an alpha particle, it transforms into thorium-234 (atomic number 90) because an alpha particle contains two protons and two neutrons, reducing the atomic number by two.
The neutron is the particle in the atomic nucleus that carries no charge.
In the atomic nucleus this particle is the neutron.