NEET Physics Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity NEET PYQ-Nuclear Physics

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    In the nuclear decay given below\[_{Z}^{A}Z\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z+1}^{4}Y\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z-1}^{A-4}B*\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z-1}^{A-4}B,\]the particles emitted in the sequence are                 [AIPMT (S) 2009]

    A) \[\beta ,\,\,\alpha ,\,\,\gamma \]   

    B)       \[\gamma ,\,\,\beta ,\,\,\alpha \]  

    C)  \[\beta ,\,\,\gamma ,\,\,\alpha \]  

    D)       \[\alpha ,\,\,\beta ,\,\,\gamma \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Key Idea In a nuclear reaction conservation of charge number and mass number must hold good.
    Alpha particles are positively charged particles with charge +2e and mass 4 m. Emission of an \[\alpha -\]article reduces the mass of the radionuclide by 4 and its atomic number by 2. \[\beta -\]articles are negatively charged particles with rest mass as well as charge same as that of electrons \[\gamma -\]particles carry no charge and mass.
    Radioactive transition will be as follows
    \[_{Z}^{A}X\,\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z+1}^{A}Y\,+\beta _{-1}^{0}\]
       \[_{Z+1}^{A}Y\,\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z-1}^{A-4}\beta \,+\,\alpha _{2}^{4}\]
                \[_{Z+1}^{A-4}\beta \,\xrightarrow{{}}\,_{Z-1}^{A-4}\beta \,+\,\gamma _{0}^{0}\]


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