**Radiation Decay**| Name | Symbol | What is it? | Charge | What blocks it? | Penetration depth (in air) ||--------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|----------------------------|| Alpha | \( ^4_2\alpha \) or \( ^4_2\text{He} \) | Helium nucleus (2 protons & 2 neutrons) | + | paper | 8 cm || Beta | \( ^0_{-1}\beta \) or \( ^0_{-1}\text{e}\) | High energy electron | - | 3 mm aluminum | 1 m || Gamma | \( ^0_0\gamma \) or \( ^0_0\text{y} \) | Electromagnetic radiation (energy) | None | Several meters of lead or concrete | infinite |*Diagram Descriptions:*1. **Chemical Symbol Diagram**: - Represents an element with mass number \( A \) and chemical symbol \( X \). - Shows atomic number (number of protons) \( Z \).2. **Radiation Blocking Diagram**: - Illustrates types of radiation being blocked by different materials: - **Paper**: Blocks alpha radiation. - **Aluminum**: Blocks beta radiation. - **Lead/Concrete**: Used for blocking gamma radiation.*Questions:*- In the symbol for alpha, what does the 4 represent?- In the symbol for alpha, what does the 2 represent?- Why is the overall charge on the alpha particle +2?- Why does the beta particle have a negative charge?- Which has more mass—an alpha or beta particle?- Explain the zero & zero in the symbol for gamma.

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RADIATION DECAY .| g. I Name Symbol What is it? Charge What Chemical symbol for the element. Penetration Mass number A=p+n blocks it? depth (in air) Alpha a Helium nucleus 2 раper (2 protons & 2 neutrons) or Atomic number number of protons 8cm He Label which type of radiation would be blocked by the substance in the diagram below Beta High energy electron 3mm aluminum 1m or e Electromagnetic radiation Gamma Several meters of None infinite Paper aluminum (energy) lead or or concrete Y Lead/concrete Why does the beta particle have a negative charge? In the symbol for alpha, what does the 4 represent? Which has more mass--an alpha or beta particle? In the symbol for alpha, what does the 2 represent? Explain the zero & zero in the symbol for gamma: Why is the overall charge on the alpha particle +2?

RADIATION DECAY .| g. I Name Symbol What is it? Charge What Chemical symbol for the element. Penetration Mass number A=p+n blocks it? depth (in air) Alpha a Helium nucleus 2 раper (2 protons & 2 neutrons) or Atomic number number of protons 8cm He Label which type of radiation would be blocked by the substance in the diagram below Beta High energy electron 3mm aluminum 1m or e Electromagnetic radiation Gamma Several meters of None infinite Paper aluminum (energy) lead or or concrete Y Lead/concrete Why does the beta particle have a negative charge? In the symbol for alpha, what does the 4 represent? Which has more mass--an alpha or beta particle? In the symbol for alpha, what does the 2 represent? Explain the zero & zero in the symbol for gamma: Why is the overall charge on the alpha particle +2?

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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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