Answer :
Answer:
Alpha decay will produce a daughter nucleus with more protons and beta decay will produce a daughter nucleus with fewer protons than the parent nucleus has.
Answer:
the difference in parent nuclei and daughter nuclei is that daughter nuclei is having smaller mass number and by 4 and smaller atomic number by 2
[tex]_z^AX ----> _{z-2}^{A-4}Y + _2^4He[/tex]
Explanation:
Alpha nucleus is the helium nuclei which is having 2 protons and 2 neutrons
So we will have
[tex]\alpha = _2^4He[/tex]
now we know that in all radioactive decay mass number and atomic number will remain constant on product and reactant side
So we have
[tex]X ------> Y + \alpha[/tex]
now by mass number conservation and atomic number conservation we have
[tex]_z^AX ----> _{z-2}^{A-4}Y + _2^4He[/tex]
so the difference in parent nuclei and daughter nuclei is that daughter nuclei is having smaller mass number and by 4 and smaller atomic number by 2