what causes the water on quarters to form a curved dome shape, with the terms surface tension, cohesion and hydrogen bonding

This dome-like shape forms due to the water molecules' cohesive properties, or their tendency to stick to one another. ... Water molecules at the surface (at the water-air interface) will form hydrogen bonds with their neighbors, just like water molecules deeper within the liquid.

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.

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