Key Idea In a nuclear reaction conservation of charge number and mass number must hold good. Alpha particles are positively charged particles with charge +2e and mass 4 m. Emission of an α-particle reduces the mass of the radionuclide by 4 and its atomic number by 2. β-particles are negatively charged particles with rest mass as well as charge same as that of electrons. γ-particles carry no charge and mass. Radioactive transition will be as follows ZAX⟶Z+1AY+β−10Z+1AY⟶Z−1A−4β+α24Z+1A−4β⟶Z−1A−4β+γ00