General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (5th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Nuclear Chemistry - 5.1 Natural Radioactivity - Questions and Problems - Page 155: 5.6

Answer

Identifying each of the following:

Work Step by Step

a. a proton is identical to the nucleus of hydrogen. It's mass number is 1 and has an electric charge of 1+. b. according to the periodic table, the element with atomic number 35 is bromine. c. Gamma rays are high-energy radiation. Because gamma rays are energy only, they have no mass or electric charge. Hence these are denoted with 0. d. according to the periodic table, the element with atomic number 26 is iron. e. a positron has a mass number of 0 and electric charge of 1+
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