Balance these nuclear equations

[eminem4002]

Homework Statement

Balance these nuclear equations

Relevant Equations

The V's in the picture are electron neutrinos.

I was thinking that these reactions have something to do with the conservation of leptons but I am not certain.

 

[BvU]

Hello eminem, !

Relevant Equations:: The V's in the picture are electron neutrinos.

They are greek letters n, written $\nu$, pronounced nee according to some (I would venture: nyou )

I was thinking that these reactions have something to do with the conservation of leptons but I am not certain.

Is there such a law ? Any other conservation laws you learned ? If so, they are the Relevant equations.

 

[kuruman]

They are greek letters n, written ν\nu, pronounced nee according to some (I would venture: nyou )

Greeks say neetrino, you say nyoutrino, Greeks say pee, you say pie, Greeks say psee, you say sigh $\dots$ let's call the whole thing off $\not \in$ .

 

[eminem4002]

Ok, so I think I figured it out... Is this correct?

 

[BvU]

Check for yourself ! e.g. Al here
And google decay of 60Co to find this

Conclusion: Well done !

 

[eminem4002]

Check for yourself ! e.g. Al here
And google decay of 60Co to find this

Conclusion: Well done !

Are you sure? Because on the website it says that there's an electron antineutrino as the byproduct and not an electron neutrino as I wrote.

 

[BvU]

Good point ! Overlooked that completeley ! And now I'm painted in a corner: I expect the exercise composer wants a single entry in the empty box, and I'm unable to come up with one. Other possibility: exercise composer made an error here !

(In post #2 I was fishing for 'charge conservation'. Lepton number conservation is a nice one too.)

 

[eminem4002]

Good point ! Overlooked that completeley ! And now I'm painted in a corner: I expect the exercise composer wants a single entry in the empty box, and I'm unable to come up with one. Other possibility: exercise composer made an error here !

(In post #2 I was fishing for 'charge conservation'. Lepton number conservation is a nice one too.)

Great! I was thinking so too, maybe the creator of this task has written it wrong, I'll ask him and come back to this discussion later.

 

[eminem4002]

Alright, turns out the task was indeed incorrect and the correct answer is beta decay of Cobalt-60.

 

[BvU]

Bright side: this way we learned more than if it would have been correct !

 

[eminem4002]

True that, thank you for the help!