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

Atoms, nuclei and radiation — practice question

An actinium nucleus has a nucleon number of $227$ and a proton number of $89$. It decays to produce a radium nucleus, with a $\beta^-$ particle and an $\alpha$-particle emitted during the decay. What nucleon number and proton number does this radium nucleus have?

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