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What is the effect on the mass number and charge of a nucleus when it loses an alpha particle?
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What is the effect on the mass number and charge of a nucleus when it loses an alpha particle?

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The mass number and charge are effected when it loses an alpha particle, as it loses two protons and two neutrons. Therefore, their is a decrease in the atomic mass, which is by 4, and by the atomic number by 2. 
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