Interactive decay chamber: choose alpha, beta-minus, beta-plus or gamma decay, fire the emission, and watch the nuclear equation balance and the radiation get stopped by paper, aluminium or lead.

One shot from the nucleus and the atom becomes a different element

Alpha, beta and gamma decay are how an unstable nucleus calms down: it throws out a particle or a burst of energy. What it throws decides what it turns into, how hard it hits nearby atoms and what can stop it. Pick a decay, then raise the emission progress to fire it.

Decay chamber Alpha · U-238
Pick a decay type, then fire the emission at paper, aluminium and lead and watch what stops it.
U-238 IS UNSTABLE · FIRE IT
NucleusIn flightAbsorbed
A changes by
−4
238 = 234 + 4
Z changes by
−2
92 = 90 + 2

Know This

Alpha decay lowers A by 4 and Z by 2, beta decay moves Z by one while A stays put, and gamma emission changes neither number.