College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 29 - Problems - Page 1116: 3

Answer

We can rank the nuclides in decreasing order of the number of neutrons: $^6_3Li \gt ~^4_2He = ~^7_5B \gt ~^3_2He =~ ^2_1H = ~^4_3Li$

Work Step by Step

The upper number is the total number of nucleons (neutrons and protons), while the bottom number is the number of protons. Therefore, to find the number of neutrons, we subtract the lower number from the upper number. We can rank the nuclides in decreasing order of the number of neutrons: $^6_3Li \gt ~^4_2He = ~^7_5B \gt ~^3_2He =~ ^2_1H = ~^4_3Li$
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