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31.4 Exercise 29

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In the following four problems, identify the parent nuclide and write the complete decay equation in the ZAXN_{Z}^{A} X_{N} notation. Refer to the periodic table for values of ZZ.

(a) Write the complete α\alpha decay equation for 226Ra^{\text{226}} \text{Ra}.

(b) Find the energy released in the decay.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 31.4 Nuclear Decay and Conservation Laws, exercise 29

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