Marlon A.

Bañez 8/28/2002
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Practice Exercise 3.1
Representation Mass Atomic No. of No. of No. of
Number Number Protons Electrons Neutrons
32
Ge 72 32 32 32 43
55
MN 55 25 25 25 55
108
Ag 108 108 47 47 61
28
Si 28 14 14 14 14
32
S 32 16 16 16 16

Practice Exercise 3.2

4.) Isotones
5.) Isotopes
6.) Isobars
7.) Isotones
8.) Isobars
9. Isotopes
10.) Isobar

Practice Exercise 3.3

26 1 4 23
12 Mg +1 p→2 α+11 Na

59 2 60 1
27 Co +1 H →27 Co +1 P

235 1 94 139 1
92 U +0 n →36 Kr +56 Ba +3 0 n

53 4 1 56
24 Cr +2 α→0 n +26 Fe

20 20 0
8 O →9 F +−1 β
Practice Exercise 3.4

a.) Beta Emitter

b.) Positron Emitter
c.) Probably Stable
d.) Positron Emitter
e.) Positron Emitter
f.) Beta Emitter
g.) Probably Stable
h.) Beta Emitter

Practice Exercise 3.5

1.)
b.) 239 239 0
93 Np →94 Pu + −1β (Radioactive Decay)
c.) 242 4 245
96 Cm +→ 2 He →98 Cf (Nuclear Fission)
d.) 208 58 265 1
82 Pb + 26 Fe →108 Cf + 0 n (Nuclear Fusion)
e.) 249 18 263 1
98 Cf +8 O →106 Sg + 4 0 n (Nuclear Fusion)

2.)

3.)
a.) 157N + 11p ---> 126C + 42α

So, X = 157N

d.) 80 2 1 81
34 Se +1 d →1 p +34 Se

So, X = 8134Se

4.)
a.) 11Na26 ----> 12Mg26 + -1e0

b.) 83Bi212-- --> 81Tl 208 + 2He4

c.) 49In110 + e- ---> 48Cd110

Practice Exercise 3.6
Practice Exercise 3.7
1.)
2.)