Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Questions - Page 879: 12

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Use mass and charge conservation to deduce the missing component(s) in the nuclear reaction. a. Scandium-45 is the missing nucleus. $$^{45}_{20}Ca\rightarrow\;^{45}_{21}Sc +e^-+\overline{\nu}$$ b. Copper-58 is the missing nucleus. When the isotope decays by $\gamma$ emission, the resulting nuclide is the exact same isotope, but in a lower energy state. $$^{58}_{29}Cu^*\rightarrow\;^{58}_{29}Cu +\gamma$$ c. The positron and the neutrino are the missing particles. $$^{46}_{24}Cr\rightarrow\;^{46}_{23}V +e^+ +\nu$$ d. Uranium-230 is the missing nucleus. $$^{234}_{94}Pu\rightarrow\;^{230}_{92}U +\alpha$$ e. The electron and the antineutrino are the missing particles. $$^{239}_{93}Np\rightarrow\;^{239}_{94}Pu +e^-+\overline{\nu}$$
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