You get this answer by performing the following:
Mass # Mass # 4
Atomic # Parent symbol -> Atomic # Daughter symbol + 2 He
238 234 4
92 U -> 90 Th + 2 He
Both sides must equal the same thing, so if you figure out what plus 4 = 238 and what plus 2 = 92, you can figure out the element is formed through decay. The resulting element in this case is Thorium.
232U alpha decays to 228Th. Thorium-228 is the daughter product of the alpha decay of uranium-232.
The other product formed when curium-242 is bombarded with an alpha particle is uranium-238.
When uranium gives off an alpha particle, it undergoes radioactive decay and transforms into a different element. The alpha particle emitted is composed of two protons and two neutrons, equivalent to a helium-4 nucleus. This process helps to stabilize the atomic nucleus by reducing its size and releasing energy.
Each isotope has another type of decay but generally from californium are formed curium isotopes and an alpha particle.
Th-230 -> He-4 + Ra-226 Thorium which alpha decays produces an alpha particle (Helium 4) and a Radium-226 atom.
When plutonium-239 loses an alpha particle through decay, it transforms into uranium-235.
Radium 226--------alpha particle-------- Radon 222
232U alpha decays to 228Th. Thorium-228 is the daughter product of the alpha decay of uranium-232.
The other product formed when curium-242 is bombarded with an alpha particle is uranium-238.
- After alpha disintegration the isotope uranium-238 is transformed in the isotope thorium-234. - After alpha disintegration the isotope uranium-235 is transformed in the isotope thorium-230. Platinum is a misspelling ?
When uranium gives off an alpha particle, it undergoes radioactive decay and transforms into a different element. The alpha particle emitted is composed of two protons and two neutrons, equivalent to a helium-4 nucleus. This process helps to stabilize the atomic nucleus by reducing its size and releasing energy.
Each isotope has another type of decay but generally from californium are formed curium isotopes and an alpha particle.
Th-230 -> He-4 + Ra-226 Thorium which alpha decays produces an alpha particle (Helium 4) and a Radium-226 atom.
The other product of Plutonium-238 decomposition is Uranium-234, which is formed when Plutonium-238 emits an alpha particle.
238U radiates alpha particles and decays via 234Th and 234Pa into 234U, which has a halflife of 245,500 years. (Thorium-234, Protactinium-234, Uranium-234 respectively)
An Alpha particle
The first radioactive element formed when uranium-238 decays is thorium-234. Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay to form thorium-234.