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A nucleus emits an alpha particle. What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of that nucleus?

A nucleus emits an alpha particle. What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of that nucleus?
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A nucleus emits an alpha particle. What happens to the mass

number and the atomic number of that nucleus?

A nucleus emits an alpha particle. What happens to the mass number and the atomic-example-1
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the mass number decreases by 4 and the atomic number decreases by 2

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