Molybdenum-99, Mo, decays to form the radionuclide Technetium-99, Tcm which is in an excited state. a) complete the right-hand side of the following equation to show the above decay 99 43 Tcm b) what is the name given to this kind of decay? c) what are the names of the particles emitted in this decay?

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1u = 931.494 MeV
[2.2]
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Molybdenum-99, Mo, decays to form the radionuclide Technetium-99, Tcm which is in an excited state.
99
,42
,43
a) complete the right-hand side of the following equation to show the above decay
99
42 Mo
99
43
Tcm
b) what is the name given to this kind of decay?
c) what are the names of the particles emitted in this decay?
The excited state Tcm then emits further nuclear radiation to relax to its ground state Tc
43
43
d) name and describe the kind of radiation emitted in this process.
e) Technetium-99 is itself radioactive and undergoes B decay. Predict the atomic number and nucleon number
of its daughter nucleus.
[2.3part, 2.4 part]
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Transcribed Image Text:1u = 931.494 MeV [2.2] Question 5 Molybdenum-99, Mo, decays to form the radionuclide Technetium-99, Tcm which is in an excited state. 99 ,42 ,43 a) complete the right-hand side of the following equation to show the above decay 99 42 Mo 99 43 Tcm b) what is the name given to this kind of decay? c) what are the names of the particles emitted in this decay? The excited state Tcm then emits further nuclear radiation to relax to its ground state Tc 43 43 d) name and describe the kind of radiation emitted in this process. e) Technetium-99 is itself radioactive and undergoes B decay. Predict the atomic number and nucleon number of its daughter nucleus. [2.3part, 2.4 part] Question 6 Focus h (United Kingdom)
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