Chapter 16, Problem 82CP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The given incomplete nuclear reaction needs to be completed:

  ${\text{?+}}_{\text{98}}^{\text{249}}\text{Cf}{\to }_{\text{118}}^{\text{294}}{\text{Uuo+3}}_{\text{0}}^{\text{1}}\text{n}$

Concept introduction:

• The nuclear reaction is a process where the nucleus of the atoms or the subatomic particles are combined or modified. In this process the nucleus can be combined or fragmented, absorbing or releasing particles and energy.
• To balance the nuclear equation, we must follow two rules. The sum of the atomic number and the mass number must to be equal on the both side of the equation.