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Question 60
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Carbon-14, 614C{}^{14}_{6}\mathrm{C}614​C, and carbon-11, 611C{}^{11}_{6}\mathrm{C}611​C, are radioactive isotopes of carbon.

Carbon-14 decays by beta minus decay to form nitrogen. Carbon-11 decays by beta plus decay to form boron.

The atomic number of boron is 5 and the atomic number of nitrogen is 7.

Explain how each decay changes the nucleus, and how each nuclear equation is balanced in terms of mass and charge.

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