18 Jan 2022
Problem 52b
Page 912
Section: Problems
Chapter 31: Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
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18 Jan 2022
Given information
Given:
Radon gas,
To determine:
Is this daughter nucleus stable or radioactive also determine its decay and its half-life
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The daughter nucleus is polonium which is radioactive.
Polonium decays by alpha decay and produces lead which is a stable nucleus.
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