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21.3 Exercise 11

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Write a nuclear reaction for each step in the formation of 84218Po _{ 84}^{218} \text{Po} from 92238U ,_{ 92}^{238} \text{U} , which proceeds by a series of decay reactions involving the step-wise emission of α, β, β, α, α, α, α particles, in that order.

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