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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? |
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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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