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Alpha-DecayAuthor: Andrew R. Barron
Uranium-238 decomposes by the loss of an α particle:
From this decay it should be noted that:
Thus, the reaction does not create or destroys neither protons nor neutrons. Another example of α-decay is as follows:
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