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Uranium-238 decays into Thorium-232 by emitting

A Hydrogen nucleus
B beta particles
C gamma rays
D alpha particles

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Answer:

D alpha particles

Step-by-step explanation:

Radioactive U-238 will decay into Thorium -232 by emitting alpha particles in the process of nuclear fission.

Nuclear fission is the radioactive decay process in which a heavy nucleus spontaneously disintegrates into two lighter ones and several other particles with a large release of energy.

U-238 → Th-232 + alpha particles + 2 neutrons + energy

This way the mass and atomic numbers are conserved;

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