Alpha decay | High school chemistry | Khan Academy

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During alpha decay, a large, unstable parent nucleus becomes a smaller daughter nucleus. It does this by emitting an alpha particle, a clump of two protons and two neutrons (a He-4 nucleus). The nucleus's atomic number decreases by two, and its mass number decreases by four. The alpha particle is high-energy ionizing radiation-it travels at high speed because it carries away the majority of the energy lost by the nucleus during the decay.
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[@hlwatson]

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[@carlosvellu1744]

I'm just curious where the strong nuclear force came from ..I know it's an attractive force but how did it came to be at the first place.

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[@ankurec10]

So is alpha decay basically a way to get electricity without burning fossil fuels?

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[@sinekonata]

Nuclear "chemistry" is still physics, chemistry deals with interactions around coulomb's forces.

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[@SharayuMulay2396]

But if the electron number is not changing then how is the atomic number changing? I don't really get it

[@user-ng2hc6th8w]

I think atomic number is derived only from the number of protons n neutrons.

[@christinejackson6630]

Atomic number is the number of protons. The number of electrons around the nucleus is irrelevant for atomic number (protons) and mass number (protons + neutrons).

[@SharayuMulay2396]

Okay thanks I got it :)

[@rwillikat]

Wow, when I learned this it was called physics. What chemical reactions are involved? Answer = 0. 😊 It’s all good.