Oh okay I think I understand. So if I were to do the steps for removing the first neutron, would I subtract 1 electron from 3H and then add 1 neutron to 2H?
I got the right answer for removing the first neutron using this method. Is this the right way to solve the problem? Maybe the problem is glitched. There was a crash in the system before the course started so there's still lots of glitches.
Homework Statement
An alpha (α) particle is the nucleus of a 4He atom and consists of 2 neutrons and two protons bound together. Let's take apart an α particle, step by step, looking at the energy required at each step. To do so, we may want to use the following atomic masses:
4He: 4.0026 u...
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*I'm only stuck on part c
During the testing process for some pharmaceuticals, the drug is "tagged" with a radioactive material. This way researchers can determine if the pharmaceutical is going to other parts of the body than the intended target and what effect it has on...
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Atoms are on the order of one Angstrom (A) or 10-10m in size while the diameter of the nucleus is approximately one hundred thousand times smaller. Let's pretend we have a "classical" atom where both the atom and its nucleus have a defined position and size. (This it...
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The tube in a medical research X-ray unit uses lead (Z=82) as it's target. Assume the electrons are accelerated through the voltage calculated in part (b). What is the wavelength of the Kα line?
Homework Equations
KE=-13.6 ev ((Z-1)squared) / (1squared)
KE=PE=VQ
E=QV
λ=hc/E...