Nitrogen-14 forms Oxygen-17 when it is bombarded by alpha particles.
The reaction is:Pu-239 + alpha = Cm-242 + n
Helium
alpha particle, He nucleus
Yes and no, alpha particles are a form or radiation (a helium nucleus), they are emitted from an unstable radioactive element which decays (and turns into some lighter element) by emitting the alpha particle. This form of decay is called alpha decay.
An alpha particle has 2 protons and 2 neutrons. That is the same as a helium nucleus.
13/6 C
The reaction is:Pu-239 + alpha = Cm-242 + n
Robert Millikan did his experiment by bombarding a thin sheet of beryllium with an alpha particle newtest3
You can say that as long as the alpha particle itself is not originating from a radioactive element. If however one is able to isolate the helium nucleus from the elemental atom and then used for bombarding towards the beryllium then it is considered as an example of artificial radioactivity. Or the production of a radioactive element(synthetic element) like Francium can be considered artificial radioactivity.
Helium
alpha particle, He nucleus
For transmutation of atoms by bombarding with alpha
Yes and no, alpha particles are a form or radiation (a helium nucleus), they are emitted from an unstable radioactive element which decays (and turns into some lighter element) by emitting the alpha particle. This form of decay is called alpha decay.
An alpha particle has 2 protons and 2 neutrons. That is the same as a helium nucleus.
The process in which a new lighter element is created by the release of an alpha ray particle from an atomic nucleus is called alpha decay of the original nucleus.
Curium isotopes
By bombarding light atoms with alpha rays, and split the atom, he changed nitrogen into oxygen