helium-4
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Helium-4
Helium-4 is a non-
radioactive
and light
isotope
of
helium
. It is by far the most abundant of the two naturally-occurring isotopes of helium, making up about 99.99986% of the helium on earth. Its nucleus is a
boson
and an
alpha particle
, having two
protons
and two
neutrons
.
Alpha decay
is a common decay mode for many
radioactive isotopes
. In fact, alpha decay of heavy elements is the source of most naturally occurring helium-4 on earth. Helium-4 is also a byproduct of
nuclear fusion
in
stars
.
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