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What is the effect of alpha decay on the atomic number?

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What is the effect of alpha decay on the atomic number?.

  1. A.Increases by 2
  2. B.Decreases by 2
  3. C.Remains unchanged
  4. D.Increases by 4

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Decay of Carbon-14

Carbon-14 undergoes beta decay to form Nitrogen-14. The decay can be represented in nuclide notation.

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    State the change in atomic number when Carbon-14 decays to Nitrogen-14.

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