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Question 67

A computer simulation follows a nucleus with mass number 150 and atomic number 64. The nucleus emits three times. Each emission is alpha, beta-minus, beta-plus, gamma or neutron radiation.

The simulation identifies one emission as an alpha particle but does not identify the other two.

quantity for all three emissionsvalue
total mass number carried away5
total charge number carried away+1
a.

Explain which two emissions were not identified by the simulation.

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b.

The daughter nucleus then emits a positron. Give the mass number and atomic number of the nucleus after this emission.

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