Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

(a(i))[1]

State what change this neutron undergoes.

(a(ii))[2]

Explain why charge remains conserved during this change.

(b)[3]

Complete the nuclide equation for the $\alpha$-decay of radon-212 so that an isotope of polonium, symbol Po, is produced. $^{212}_{86}\text{Rn} \rightarrow$

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