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Question 130

An isotope can exist in two nuclear arrangements, P and Q.

nuclear arrangementnumber of protonsnumber of neutronsenergy above the lowest-energy arrangement / J
P47622.8 × 10⁻¹³
Q47620.9 × 10⁻¹³

A nucleus changes from arrangement P to arrangement Q and emits radiation.

a.

Explain why these data are evidence that the radiation emitted is gamma radiation.

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b.

Calculate the energy carried away by the gamma radiation.

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