Question

How is alpha decay used in everyday life?

Answer 1

There are some applications of alpha decay in the real world:

1. Alpha decay found application in smoke detectors.
2. It is used in artificial heart pacemakers.
3. Alpha decay provides high-energy radiation that kills chronic cancerous cells.
4. Due to their short-range in tissue as compared to beta and gamma radiation, alpha decay provides no harm to healthy cells in radiation crossfire.