An alpha particle (α) is a helium nucleus, consisting of 2 protons and 2 neutrons. When a nucleus emits an alpha particle, its number of protons decreases by 2 and its number of neutrons decreases by 2.
A nucleus has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. The nucleus emits two α particles. How many protons and neutrons will be left in the nucleus?
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2021 · Topic: Nuclear Physics (Radioactivity: Alpha, Beta (Fermi theory, selection rules, parity violation), Gamma decay (multipole transitions, internal conversion).)
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