In the uranium-235 natural decay series, the uranium-235 initially undergoes alpha decay, the resulting daughter emits a beta particle, and the succeeding daughters emit an alpha and a beta particle in that order. Write the four nuclear equations, one to represent each of the first four steps in the uranium-235 decay series.  Fill in the information for the listed steps: Fill in the blanks enter the element symbol, do NOT spell out the element. For the number entries, enter a number, do NOT spell

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In the uranium-235 natural decay series, the uranium-235 initially undergoes alpha decay, the resulting daughter emits a beta particle, and the succeeding daughters emit an alpha and a beta particle in that order. Write the four nuclear equations, one to represent each of the first four steps in the uranium-235 decay series.  Fill in the information for the listed steps:

  • Fill in the blanks
  • enter the element symbol, do NOT spell out the element.
  • For the number entries, enter a number, do NOT spell

b)  Second step:  ?1?2?3⟶0−1?+?1?2?3a2a1a3⟶−10β+b2b1b3

a1= ,  a2= ,  a3=

b1= ,  b2= ,  b3=

d)  Fourth step:  ?1?2?3⟶0−1?+?1?2?3c2c1c3⟶−10β+d2d1d3

c1= ,  c2= ,  c3=

d1= ,  d2= ,  d3=

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