Interpretation:
“Products formed in the reaction” should be identified.
Concept Introduction:
Artificial radioactivity or induced radioactivity is a phenomenon in which a stable element is converted into a radioactive isotope by an artificial disintegration.
Example: On Boron bombardment of ???????? into radioactive isotope of nitrogen.
The radioactive nitrogen decay into stable isotope of carbon by emitting a positron.
??decay: The emission of alpha particle from the radioactive nucleus is called alpha decay. a-particle is helium nucleus of radioactive atom having atomic no. 2 and mass no. 4. Therefore, when an alpha particle is emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive atom, the atomic no. Z is increased by two and mass no. A is increased by 4.
b-decay :
The emission of b-particle from radioactive nucleus is called ??decay. On emission of beta particle
In Beta emission a neutron is converted into proton.
Gamma decay: The emission of X-rays along with a particle and b-particle from the radioactive nucleus is called gamma decay.
There is no change in atomic no. and mass no. by emission of ?-rays.
Solutions:
To determine:
Starting isotope.(let starting product as X)
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