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21.4 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

Write the balanced nuclear equation for the production of the following transuranium elements:

(a) berkelium-244, made by the reaction of Am-241 and He-4

(b) fermium-254, made by the reaction of Pu-239 with a large number of neutrons

(c) lawrencium-257, made by the reaction of Cf-250 and B-11

(d) dubnium-260, made by the reaction of Cf-249 and N-15

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 21.4 Transmutation and Nuclear Energy, exercise 1

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