If the bombardment of -particle on emits protons, then the new atom will be:
Ne
An -particle is a helium nucleus, represented as . A proton is represented as or . The nuclear transmutation reaction can be written as:
According to the law of conservation of mass number and atomic number in a nuclear reaction: Conservation of mass number (superscripts): Conservation of atomic number (subscripts):
The element with atomic number is Oxygen (). Therefore, the newly formed atom is .
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