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).
Not all the Egyptian obelisks in the Roman Empire were set up at Rome. Herod the Great imitated his Roman patrons and set up a red granite Egyptian obelisk in the hippodrome of his new city Caesarea in northern Judea. This one is about 40 feet (12 m) tall and weighs about 100 metric tons (110 short tons).