Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Polonium, Po, has a proton number of 84 and a nucleon number of 218. Polonium decays to astatine, At, by releasing a $\beta$-particle. Which equation shows this decay?

  • A$^{218}_{84}\text{Po} \rightarrow ^{218}_{85}\text{At} + ^{0}_{-1}\beta$
  • B$^{218}_{84}\text{Po} + ^{0}_{-1}\beta \rightarrow ^{218}_{85}\text{At}$
  • C$^{218}_{84}\text{Po} \rightarrow ^{218}_{85}\text{At} + ^{0}_{-1}\beta$
  • D$^{218}_{84}\text{Po} + ^{0}_{-1}\beta \rightarrow ^{218}_{85}\text{At}$

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