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A nucleus, absorbing a neutron, emits an electron to go over to neptunium which on futher emitting an electron goes over to plutonium. How would you represent the resulting plutonium?

Answer» The successive processess may be expressed as
.`_(92)U^(238) overset (._(0)n^(1)) rarr. _(92)U^(239) overset (beta (electron)) rarr. _(93)Np^(239)`
overset(beta(electron)) rarr ._(94)Pu^(239)`
Thus, the resulting plutonium has atomic number 94 and mass number `239` and is expressed as `._(94)Pu^(239)`.


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