An isotope emits an alpha particle and the daughter nucleus immediately de-excites by…

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Nuclei · Nuclei

Problem

An isotope 95241Am^{241}_{95}\mathrm{Am} emits an alpha particle and the daughter nucleus immediately de-excites by emitting a gamma photon. (i) Write the complete nuclear equation including the gamma emission. (ii) Calculate the number of neutrons present in the daughter nucleus after the gamma emission.

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