Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Nuclear Radiation.
A type of radioactive decay in which an unstable nucleus emits an alpha particle (two protons and two neutrons), decreasing its mass number by 4 and its atomic number by 2.
alpha decay appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Atomic structure, especially Nuclear Radiation and Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation.
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