Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Atoms, nuclei and radiation

Atoms, nuclei and radiation — practice question

One thorium isotope has nucleon number $232$ and proton number $90$. It decays to produce a different thorium isotope with nucleon number $228$. Determine how many alpha particles and beta particles are emitted by the thorium nucleus during this decay.

  • Aalpha particles $0$, beta particles $4$
  • Balpha particles $1$, beta particles $0$
  • Calpha particles $1$, beta particles $2$
  • Dalpha particles $2$, beta particles $1$

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