PLEASE ANSWER ASAP A classmate argues that the changes in energy that occur in a pendulum are unrelated to the energy changes that a burning log undergoes. She points out that the burning of a log is an irreversible chemical change in matter, while the energy changes in a moving pendulum are constantly reversing, and are examples of physical changes. Evaluate your classmate’s argument.

it is to be noted that an alpha particle is an helium nucleus. so it contains 2 protons 2 neutrons and has a mass number of 4. when alpha decay particles are ejected from the nucleus it gets transformed into an atom which has atomic number less than 2 and a mass number less than 4.

an equation that could represent alpha decay is radium 226 decay of alpha particle forms radon 222.

→

atomic mass = 39

number of neutrons = 20

number of protons= 19

electronic configuration = 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1

the number of electron in first shell = 2

number of electrons in n=3 shell = 8