Alpha rays
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Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium andother radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positivelycharged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormousvelocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strongmagnetic or electric field.
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