Alpha radiation (alpha particles, helium nucleus)
No Alpha radiation is essentially a helium nucleus - a couple of protons and neutrons bound together as a particle Beta radiation is an electron or positron - still a particle but not the same kind of particle as alpha.
A helium nucleus (2 protons & 2 neutrons).
An alpha particle is a helium-4 nucleus - in other words, two protons + 2 neutrons. The protons have a positive charge, the neutrons are neutral.
Alpha particles are helium nuclei -- each particle is composed of two protons and two neutrons. A stream of alpha particles may be called a ray, although as it is not electromagnetic radiation that is probably inaccurate.
No. A beta particle is either an electron (beta-) or a positron (beta+). An alpha particle consists of 2 protons and 2 nuetrons bound together. It's actually a helium-4 nucleus that has been emitted as a result of nuclear decay. Both types of beta particle and the alpha particle are forms of particulate radiation that result from nuclear decay of radioactive materials. Which form of decay and the energies of the particles as they leave the nucleus vary as the radionuclide emitting them.
alpha particle
A particle of alpha radiation is made up of two protons and two neutrons resembling a Helium-4 nucleus.
No, beta radiation is composed of electrons or positrons. An alpha particle is two protons and to neutrons.
A radiation particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons is called an Alpha Particle. Alpha Particles have the same structure as a Helium nucleus. There are three forms of radiation, Alpha (Helium nucleus), Beta (a lone electron) and Gamma (an Electromagnetic wave).
An alpha particle.
alpha particle
Alpha Decay
Helium Because mass= protons + neutrons Therefore 2+2=4 and the element with mass of 4 is helium Hope this helped
alpha particle
No Alpha radiation is essentially a helium nucleus - a couple of protons and neutrons bound together as a particle Beta radiation is an electron or positron - still a particle but not the same kind of particle as alpha.
The particle described is an alpha particle, and we might call a stream of them alpha radiation or an alpha ray.
The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons.