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Question 39

A detector records three separate nuclear decay events.

The table gives information about each nucleus before it decays and the particle recorded leaving the nucleus.

EventMass number before decayAtomic number before decayParticle recorded
J3817electron
K2613positron
L52neutron
a.

Give the type of decay in event J.

[1]
b.

Give the mass number and the atomic number of the daughter nucleus formed in event J.

[2]
c.

Give the mass number and the atomic number of the daughter nucleus formed in event K.

[2]
d.

Explain why the daughter nucleus formed in event L is the same element as the original nucleus but a different isotope.

[2]
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