Alpha Decay

Unit 2

Alpha Decay

The Weak Force is most known by Modern Physics for particle decay.

Juan Juan
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A nucleon decays in 3 ways:

  1. Alpha

This happens when a particle emits alpha particles, as 2 soms (protons) and 2 socs (neutrons). These have low penetration power and so they are easily stopped.

It damages the DNA such as the reduction of white blood cells which weakens the body’s immunity.

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