Answer
Yes.
Work Step by Step
Like charges repel each other.
Alpha particles have the same positive charge as the nuclei, so after they escape the nucleus, they are repelled by it and speed away.
Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
by Hewitt, Paul G.
Published by
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10:
0321909100
ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 33 - Think and Explain - Page 635-636: 53
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