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21.3 Exercise 9

Avg difficulty 2.5

The following nuclei do not lie in the band of stability. How would they be expected to decay?

(a) 1528P _{15}^{28} \text{P}

(b) 92235U _{ 92}^{235} \text{U}

(c) 2037Ca _{20}^{37} \text{Ca}

(d) 39L i_{3}^{9} \text{L} \text{i}

(e) 96245Cm _{ 96}^{245} \text{Cm}

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