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Alpha decay of radon (Rn) results in the formation of:

RichardYou

by RichardYou at June 11, 2012

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Alpha decay reduces the mass number by 4 and the charge number (number of protons) by 2.  So radon - 222 would become polonium - 218 because radon has 86 protons to start with.

kroo_jteague kroo_jteague June 11, 2012

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