Nuclear Decay Worksheet PDF
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This document is a nuclear equations worksheet with questions on alpha and beta decay. It provides practice problems for writing nuclear equations and understanding radioactive decay processes likely aimed for high school chemistry students.
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Okay, here is the conversion of the image into a markdown format: ### NUCLEAR EQUATIONS WORKSHEET 1. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{231}_{91}Pa$. $^{231}_{91}Pa \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{227}_{89}Ac$ 2. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{223}_{87}Fr$....
Okay, here is the conversion of the image into a markdown format: ### NUCLEAR EQUATIONS WORKSHEET 1. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{231}_{91}Pa$. $^{231}_{91}Pa \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{227}_{89}Ac$ 2. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{223}_{87}Fr$. $^{223}_{87}Fr \longrightarrow _{-1}^0e + ^{223}_{88}Ra$ 3. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{149}_{62}Sm$. $^{149}_{62}Sm \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{145}_{60}Nd$ 4. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{165}_{61}Pm$. $^{165}_{61}Pm \longrightarrow _{-1}^0e + ^{165}_{62}Sm$ 5. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{249}_{101}Md$. $^{249}_{101}Md \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{245}_{99}Es$ 6. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{146}_{62}Sm$. $^{146}_{62}Sm \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{142}_{60}Nd$ 7. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{198}_{85}At$. $^{198}_{85}At \longrightarrow _{-1}^0e + ^{198}_{86}Rn$ 8. Write a nuclear equation for the alpha decay of $^{150}_{64}Gd$. $^{150}_{64}Gd \longrightarrow _2^4He + ^{146}_{62}Sm$ 9. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{152}_{54}Xe$. $^{152}_{54}Xe \longrightarrow _{-1}^0e + ^{152}_{55}Cs$ 10. Write a nuclear equation for the beta decay of $^{120}_{55}Cs$. $^{120}_{55}Cs \longrightarrow _{-1}^0e + ^{120}_{56}Ba$
