What happens to the atomic number and mass number of a nucleus when it emits an alpha

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What happens to the atomic number and mass number of a nucleus when it emits an alpha particle?

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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