Report Abuse. e. An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons, and it is emitted from the nucleus. When it is emitted, the atomic weight of the nucleus decreases by about 4, and the atomic number by 2. With beta radiation, a neutron becomes a proton, with the emission of an electron.eport Abuse. e. An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons, and it is emitted from the nucleus. When it is emitted, the atomic weight of the nucleus decreases by about 4, and the atomic number by 2. With beta radiation, a neutron becomes a proton, with the emission of an electron.
In the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery most of the obelisks have a person who was a father buried beneath them. The exceptions lie with those who died young, where instead obelisks are used as a cultural sign to honor deceased children (Ryan, 1992, p. 12).
The obelisk at Edinburgh, seen at the left, is made of ashlar, not a single piece of stone. Queen Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty erected some six obelisks in the 16th year of her reign, around 1485 BC.here is no inscription on it, as on an Egyptian obelisk, but the representation of doors on the ground floor and windows above. An attempt was made to construct a 108 ft high stele, but this was too ambitious, and it lies fallen in the same area.