Nuclear Chemistry - Result Question 5
####8. When a radioactive element emits successively one
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(a) is reduced by 4 units
(b) remains the same
(c) is reduced by 2 units
(d) is increased by 2 units
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Solution:
- (a) Mass number is affected by emmision of
particle while -particle has negligible mass does not effect mass number. e.g.