Various pieces of safety equipment are used in the lab to provide protection against injury. what piece of lab safety equipment is least likely to be used if proper eye goggles are being worn?

Many radioactive atoms that have large masses undergo radioactive decay by releasing a particle that is identical to a helium-4 nucleus. what changes in the original atom are expected as a result of this natural phenomenon? the atomic number and the mass number will decrease. the atomic number and the mass number will increase. the atomic number will increase, and the mass number will decrease. the atomic number will decrease, and the mass number will increase.