TWO Electrons disappeared???

Question

Listen to this very carefully!!This is about Radioactivity

A radioisotope decays by alpha emittion. Now these alpha particles contain 2 protons and 2 neutrons as we all know...(this is why we call them helium nuclei) BUT if the Nuclei that emits it was neutral before, and had lost two protons and 2 neutrons by emittion...What happened to the electrons in the atom? If beta is not emitted as well, it should remain in its place in the parent atom(that emits) and cause it to have a Negative Charge after the emittion!!! Am i Right??

Answer 1

good question!
that sounds right, ive never considered it before.

Answer 2

Alpha decay is a form of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus ejects an alpha particle through the electromagnetic force and transforms into a nucleus with mass number 4 less and atomic number 2 less.

Fundamentally, the recoiling nucleus is soon stripped of two electrons to neutralize the hungry helium cation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_decay

Answer 3

An interesting question but since no atom exists in a state of complete isolation from other atoms and/or molecules they have no problem finding a new home quickly. Simplistically an ion would be formed by alpha decay but realistically that should not happen.

Answer 4

electrical energy is the circulate of electrons. All matter is made out of atoms, and an atom has a center, referred to as a nucleus. The nucleus is composed of certainly charged debris referred to as protons and uncharged debris referred to as neutrons. The nucleus of an atom is surrounded via negatively charged debris referred to as electrons. The detrimental fee of an electron is comparable to the helpful fee of a proton, and the style of electrons in an atom is often equivalent to the style of protons. while the balancing tension between protons and electrons is dissatisfied via an outdoors tension, an atom might income or lose an electron. while electrons are "lost" from an atom, the unfastened circulate of those electrons constitutes an electric powered cutting-edge.

Answer 5

Your thinking seems me correct. But you must notice that the ions negative formed are not stable and tend to loose their electrons by different events

Answer 6

well.....the eletron cannot remain in the same place due to coloumbic neighbouring forces......however i not sure