When uranium-238 emits an alpha particle, what isotope is created? Show the nucl

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When uranium-238 emits an alpha particle, what isotope is created? Show the nuclear equation for this reaction.

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When uranium-238 emits an alpha particle, what isotope is created? Show the nuclear equation for this reaction.

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here the equation for the nuclear decay

U-238 alpha + Th-234

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