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Chapter 20, Problem 45E
Write a balanced equation for each of the following nuclear reactions:
(a) bismuth-212 decays into polonium-212.
(b) beryllium-8 and a positron are produced by the decay of an unstable nucleus.
(c) neptunium-239 forms from the reaction of uranium-238 with a neutron and then spontaneously converts into plutonium-239.
(d) strontium-90 decays into yttrium-90
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Chemistry Atoms First2e
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