When the nuclide uranium-234 undergoes alpha decay: the name of the product nuclide is. the symbol for the product nuclide is?

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Gianni Lara

Chemistry

20 July, 03:57

When the nuclide uranium-234 undergoes alpha decay: the name of the product nuclide is. the symbol for the product nuclide is?

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Mary Jane · Answer 1

Answer is: name of the product nuclide is thorium-230.

Alpha particle is nucleus of a helium-4 atom, which is made of two protons and two neutrons.

²³ ⁴U → ²³⁰Th + α (alpha particle).

Alpha decay is radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and transforms into an atom with an atomic number that is reduced by two and mass number that is reduced by four.