JEE Main & Advanced Physics Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity Question Bank Radioactivity

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    A radioactive nucleus with Z protons and N neutrons emits an a-particle, 2b-particles and 2 gamma rays. The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus left after the decay respectively, are                            [AMU (Engg.) 2001]

    A)            Z ? 3, N ? 1                            

    B)            Z ? 2, N ? 2

    C)            Z ? 1, N ? 3                            

    D)            Z, N ? 4

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               With emission of an \[\alpha \]particle \[{{(}_{2}}H{{e}^{4}})\]mass number decreases by 4 unit and atomic number decrease by 2 units and with emission of \[2{{\beta }^{-1}}\]particle atomic number increases by 2 units. So Z will remain same and N will become \[N-4.\]


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