Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

A radium nucleus whose nucleon number is $226$ undergoes decay by releasing an $\alpha$-particle. Radium has proton number $88$. What are the nucleon number and proton number of the nucleus formed in this decay?

  • Anucleon number $222$, proton number $86$
  • Bnucleon number $222$, proton number $87$
  • Cnucleon number $226$, proton number $86$
  • Dnucleon number $226$, proton number $87$

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