Missing item would complete this alpha decay reaction? $_{98}^{251} C f$ $"_98^251Cf$ $\to$ $->$ $_{96}^{247} C m + ?$ $"_96^247Cm + ?$

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Missing item would complete this alpha decay reaction? $_{98}^{251} C f$ $"_98^251Cf$ $\to$ $->$ $_{96}^{247} C m + ?$ $"_96^247Cm + ?$

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-22T00:41:18

If you recall that conservation of mass dictates that the atomic number and mass number must add up on both sides to be equal, you should find that

$_{2}^{4} X$ $""_(2)^(4) X$

is missing. That means the mass number is $4$ $4$ and the atomic number is $2$ $2$ . That is the helium atom. More specifically, it is $_{2}^{4} He$ $""_2^4 "He"$ , which is Helium-4.

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