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| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:left;" |[[Alpha Particle|Alpha particles]] can travel around 5cm 15cm through [[air]] ([[STP]]) before [[colliding]] with and [[ionising]] [[atom]]s or [[molecule]]s.
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===Equation===
<math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z-2}^{A-4}Y + {}_2^4\alpha</math>
<math>{}_{92}^{238}U \rightarrow {}_{90}^{234}Th + {}_2^4\alpha</math>
====Example Calculations====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Alpha radiation, pages 92-93, 96, 98-99, 109, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe09671 ''Alpha radiation; dangers, page 201, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Alpha decay, pages 156-159, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Alpha decay; dangers, pages 165, 166, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Alpha decay; uses, pages 168, 171, 172, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120193/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120193&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=572df39392fb4200db8391d98ae6314e ''Alpha particles, page 362, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Alpha particles, page 98, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Alpha particles, pages 156, 157, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945741/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945741&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=30da4f2178da182547b62a7329d13b57 ''Alpha particles, pages 174, 175, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Alpha particles, pages 51, 52, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Alpha particles; scattering experiment, pages 149, 150, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Alpha particles, pages 20, 172-174, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Alpha radiation, pages 197, 198, 200, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945687&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a598e52189317a20311d7a632747bc9 ''Alpha radiation, pages 74-76, 78, 79, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
==Key Stage 5==
===Meaning===
[[Alpha Particle|Alpha radiation]] consists of [[Alpha Particle|alpha particles]] emitted by certain [[radioactive]] materials, each composed of two [[proton]]s and two [[neutron]]s.
===About Alpha Radiation===
*[[Alpha Particle|Alpha particles]] are [[helium]] [[nucleus|nuclei]].
*They can be stopped by a sheet of paper or human skin.
*Poses a health risk if alpha-emitting substances are inhaled or ingested.
*[[Alpha Particle|Alpha radiation]] has a high ionizing power, causing significant damage to living cells.
*Because of their high [[mass]] and charge, [[Alpha Particle|alpha particles]] have a short range in air (a few centimeters).
*[[Alpha Particle|Alpha radiation]] is used in [[Radiation Therapy|radiation therapy]] for treating certain cancers.
*It is also used in [[Smoke Detector|smoke detectors]] and in some types of [[radioactive]] power sources (radioisotope thermoelectric generators).
===Examples===
*[[Polonium]]-210 emits [[Alpha Particle|alpha particles]] and is highly [[toxic]] if ingested.
*[[Alpha Particle|Alpha radiation]] is used in some types of smoke detectors.