According to the law of conservation of matter, which statement about chemical reactions is true? A. Atoms cannot be created or destroyed by chemical reactions. B. Atoms are created by some reactions and destroyed by others. C. Energy is created as atoms are destroyed in chemical reactions. D. Every atom destroyed in a chemical reaction must be replaced.

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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i think   the answer is c hope i'm right