Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 31 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Problems - Page 902: 57

Answer

(a)$X=\beta^{-}$ (b)$X=\beta^{+}$ (c)$X=\gamma$ (d)$X=\alpha$

Work Step by Step

(a) $X=\beta^{-}$ $^{211}_{82}Pb$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{211}_{83}Bi+^{0}_{-1}e$ Reason is in $\beta^{-}$ deacy $^{A}_{Z}P$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{A}_{Z+1}D+^{0}_{-1}e$ (b) $X=\beta^{+}$ $^{11}_{6}C$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{11}_{5}B+^{0}_{+1}e$ Reason is in $\beta^{+}$ deacy $^{A}_{Z}P$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{A}_{Z-1}D+^{0}_{+1}e$ (c) $X=\gamma$ $^{231}_{90}Th^{*}$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{231}_{90}Th+\gamma$ in $ \gamma$ decay there is no change both in $Z $ & $A$ ,only excited nucleus comes to its ground state. (d) $X=\alpha$ $^{210}_{84}Po$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{206}_{82}Pb+^{4}_{2}He$ Reason is in $\alpha $ deacy $^{A}_{Z}P$ $\longrightarrow$ $^{A-4}_{Z-2}D+^{4}_{2}He$
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