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Can a silicon nucleus transform into a phosphorus nucleus? What particles would be emitted in the process? What is their total energy?

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Solution :The mass of a silicon nucleus exceeds the mass of a phosphorus nucleus by `Deltam=30.97535-30.97376=0.00159"AMU"`, the corresponding energy being `Deltaepsi=0.00159xx931.5=1.48MeV`. This exceeds the electron rest energy (0.51 MEV), and therefore beta-decay is possible:
`""_(14)SI^(31)to""_(15)P^(31)+""_(-1)e^(0)+""_(0)v^(0)`
The total energy of the beta-particle and the antineutrino is 1.48 MeV.


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