Chapter 9 - Answer Key

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1. Radioactive decay
2. + nucleus with orbiting e-
3. In nucleus with + charge; number of protons
= atomic number
4. No, it splits into a proton and an electron

Page 290 Quick Check

1. Same number of protons, different number
of neutrons
2. Artificially made isotopes or natural isotopes
that are unstable
3. 238 = mass number (protons and neutrons);
92 = atomic number (protons only)
4
4a. 2 He
0
4b. −1
e
214
4c. 82 Pb
210
4d. 84
Po

Page 292 Practice Problems 9.1.1

1. 62 atoms
2. 5.2 years. 1/32 is five half-lives.

Page 292 Quick Check

Ra →
226 222 4
1. 88 86
Rn + 2 He
Pb → 83 Bi + −1 e
214 214 0
2. 82

3. 8 elements and 15 isotopes

Page 295 9.1 Review Questions

14
6a. 5
N
225
6c. 89
Ac
209 0
6d. X and −1 x
82

7. 125 g

Page 303 Review Questions

9. 1.9 × 10 atoms
3

226
11a. 88
Ra
0
11b. −1
e
14
11c. 7
N
4
11d. 2
He

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