Question

An alpha particle is also referred to as a nucleus of which isotope? lithium-7 helium-4 hydrogen-2 helium-2

Answer 1

It's helium-4, my dude.

Answer 2

Answer: Option (b) is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A positively charged particle that consists of two protons and two neutrons is known as an alpha particle.

The symbol for alpha particle is
`^(4)_(2)\alpha`. An alpha particle is similar to a helium atom because helium atom also has mass number (number of protons + number of neutrons) as 4 and atomic number (number of protons) as 2.

Symbol of helium atom is
`^(4)_(2)He`.

Thus, we can conclude that an alpha particle is also referred to as a nucleus of helium isotope.