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Q: What element does californium make when it emits an alpha particle?
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What element does thorium-230 decay when it emits an alpha particle?

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What element does thorium 230 decay when it emits an alpha particle?

This isotope is radium-226.


What element does thorium become if it emits an alpha particle?

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When radon undergoes natural transmutation reaction it emits?

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When radium atomic number 88 emits an alpha particle the resulting nucleus has atomic numbers?

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What is the change in the atomic number when the atom emits an alpha particle?

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