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Name : ____________________________
Section : Humss - ____ St. ______________

1. Complete the following table:

Isotope Mass # of # of # of
(Name/Nuclide) Number Protons Neutrons Electrons

Strontium - 90 88 38 52 38
222
Rn 86

Thorium -230 90

Lead - 206

27 33

40 18

8 9

37
82
Rb

2. What daughter nucleus is produced when the following nuclear decays occur? Show
the balance equation.

(a) 238
92 U undergoes α decay:

(b) 14
C undergoes β decay:
6
−

(c) 11
C undergoes β+ emission:
6

55
(d) 26 Fe undergoes electron capture:

13
(e) Be emits a neutron:
4

(f) 99
43 Tc undergoes γ decay: