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Question 127

A nucleus has mass number 226 and atomic number 91. It undergoes a decay chain in which three different emissions occur. Each emission is selected from an alpha particle, a beta-minus particle, a beta-plus particle, a gamma ray and a neutron.

The table gives the total mass number and total charge number carried away by the three emissions.

QuantityTotal
mass number4
charge number+3
a.

State the three emissions in the decay chain.

[3]
b.

Calculate the number of neutrons in the final nucleus.

[3]
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