When an unstable magnesium nucleus undergoes alpha decay the nucleus formed is that of sodium neon magnesium aluminum or silicon?

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Magnesium has 12 protons and 12 or so neutrons depending on the isotope. An alpha particle has 2 protons and 2 neutrons. So if magnesium loses 2 protons by shooting off an alpha particle, it will move 2 places down the Periodic Table and become neon. Neon has 10 protons.

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