What is the energy released from the alpha decay of gold-172(MeV?

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What is the energy released from the alpha decay of gold-172(MeV?
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Alpha decay is a type of radioactive decay, in which the atomic nucleus emits the alpha particle, and transformed into a new nucleus, with a mass number reduced by 4 and the atomic number reduced by 2.

Therefore, the reaction for the alpha decay of gold-172 can be defined as,

Au79172α-decayIr77168+He24

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