Chemistry, 03.07.2019 10:30 prynnie

use the periodic table to determine what element cesium-135 () becomes after beta decay.

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Answer from: SKYBLUE1015

D. $_{56}^{135}\text{Ba}$

Explanation:

Your unbalanced nuclear equation is

$_{55}^{135}\text{Cs} \longrightarrow ? + _{-1}^{0}\text{e}$

It is convenient to replace the question mark by an atomic symbol, $_{x}^{y}\text{Z}$ , where x = the atomic number, y = the mass number, and Z = the symbol of the element .

Then your equation becomes

$_{55}^{135}\text{Cs} \longrightarrow _{x}^{y}\text{Z} + _{-1}^{0}\text {e}$

The main point to remember in balancing nuclear equations is that the sums of the superscripts and the subscripts must be the same on each side of the equation.

Then

55 = x - 1, so x = 55 + 1 = 56

135 = y + 0, so y = 135

Element 56 is barium, so the nuclear equation becomes

$_{55}^{135}\text{Cs} \longrightarrow _{56}^{135}\text{Ba} + _{-1}^{0}\text{e}$

Answer from: ogiebert

This question is much trickier than it looks. There are two possible answers: D and E and both can happen in nature. The only thing you know for certain is that you can only create something that is one step on either side of the given atom. It's atomic number can go up one or down one, but it can only move 1 step in either direction.

If the cesium gives up an electron in from nucleus, then a proton is left behind and the Cs goes from 55 to 56. That means it becomes a Barium atom.

If the Cesium gives up a positron from the nucleus, then the atomic number goes down one and the atomic number goes down 1 from Cs to Xe. I cannot refine this any further without a hint about what kind of reaction took place.

All I can suggest is that you look at your notes to see what kind of example you were taught. When I was teaching this material we gave out only 1 example and that was the first one. It would be easier to detect the emission of an electron and the process has a longer time frame. Things may have changed since then.

So the olden days answer woud have been it becomes Ba and that's D.

Answer from: Quest

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Answer from: Quest

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