Chapter 29, Problem 27P

(a)

To determine

The daughter nucleus of the reaction when the following nucleus undergoes alpha decay:

${}_{94}^{239}\text{Pu}\stackrel{\alpha \text{decay}}{\to }?$

(b)

To determine

The daughter nucleus of the reaction when the following nucleus undergoes beta minus decay:

${}_{58}^{144}\text{Ce}\stackrel{\beta \text{minus}\text{decay}}{\to }?$

(c)

To determine

The daughter nucleus of the reaction when the following nucleus undergoes beta minus decay:

${}_{53}^{129}\text{I}\stackrel{\beta \text{minus}\text{decay}}{\to }?$

(d)

To determine

The daughter nucleus of the reaction when the following nucleus undergoes beta plus decay.

${}_{30}^{60}\text{Zn}\stackrel{\beta \text{plus}\text{decay}}{\to }?$