Write a balanced nuclear equation for the following: The nuclide uranium-238 undergoes alpha emission.

²³⁸₉₂U → ²³⁴₉₀Th + ⁴₂He + Energy

Explanation:

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When uranium undergoes an alpha decay, it's atomic number is reduced by 2 while it atomic mass is reduced by 4 similar to the elements helium (He) and sometimes alpha decay is represented by a helium atom.

Equation of decay

²³⁸₉₂U → ²³⁴₉₀Th + ⁴₂He + Energy

When uranium undergoes an alpha decay, it loses an alpha particle similar to a helium atom and forms thorium which has an atomic number of 90 and atomic mass of 234 with the release of energy.

we can conclude that the melting point of table salt is above room temperature (it's actually 801 deg c). the melting point of mercury must be below room temperature (- 39 deg c).

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.