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In the form of radioactive decay known as alpha decay.

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Alpha decay, also known as -decay, is a kind of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus produces an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and therefore changes or 'decays' into a new atomic nucleus with a mass number of four and an atomic number of two.

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