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KCET · Physics · Wave Optics

A radioactive decay can form an isotope of the original nucleus with the emission of particles

  1. A one \( \alpha \) and four \( \beta \)
  2. B one \( \alpha \) and two \( \beta \)
  3. C one \( \alpha \) and one \( \beta \)
  4. D four \( \alpha \) and one \( \beta \)
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(B) one \( \alpha \) and two \( \beta \)

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A radioactive decay can form an isotope of the original nucleus with emission of one \( \alpha \) and two \( \beta \) particles.
\[
Z_{Z-2}^{A} X-{ }^{A} Y-3^{A-4} Y+\alpha
\]