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In the alpha decay of Polonium-218, what daughter element is produced?

218 PO →He+
220 Pb
82
218 Pb
84
232 Pb
O
214 Pb

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Answer: umm I don’t think that is correct form can you take a picture?? And if you can I would be glad to change my answer and help.

Nvm I have a picture from my work.

So Po->He+Pb

We know that but numbers in front you just do the inverse operation by subtracting four from 218 and subtracting two from 84.

In the alpha decay of Polonium-218, what daughter element is produced? 218 PO →He-example-1
In the alpha decay of Polonium-218, what daughter element is produced? 218 PO →He-example-2
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