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What type of decay does fermium undergo?
The most common is alpha decay.
Which is not a type of nuclear decay?
zeyta
What type of nuclear decay produces energy instead of a particle?
gamma decay
What is the decay process that polonium undergoes?
All isotopes of polonium can undergo alpha decay, a small number of isotopes can also undergo beta decay, K capture decay, or gamma decay.
Do element identities reamin the same or change during nuclear decay?
That depends on the nuclear decay type. For gamma decay, the identity does NOT change, but for alpha and beta, it does.
What is the lightest element that can undergo radioactive decay and what type of decay occurs in that element?
The lightest "element" that can undergo radioactive decay is the isotope hydrogen-3, which undergoes beta decay. The lightest element with no radioactively stable isotopes is technetium, and its isotopes have different modes of decay.
What is the nuclear decay for francium?
Francium-223 decay to radium-223; each isotope have another type of decay.
How would you write a nuclear equation for the most likely mode of decay for the unstable nuclide Kr-74?
Krypton-74 will most likely undergo beta decay, and the type of beta decay an observer will encounter will be beta plus decay. A proton in the nucleus will undergo a change and become a neutron, and a positron (e+) and an antineutrino (ve) will emerge from the reaction. The krypton-74 atom will transmute into a bromine-74 atom. The equation will look something like this: 3674Kr => 3574Br + e+ + ve
Type of nuclear decay consisting of a helium nucleus?
Alpha decay. Alpha particles are the same as a helium-4 nucleus.
What type of force is involed in nuclear decay?
strong force & weak force
What type of decay does Am-241 undergo to become Np-237?
The decay that occurs for Am-241 to become Np-237 is called alpha decay. Alpha decay is characterized by a decrease of 2 in the atomic number and 4 in the mass number.
Can an isotope have less number of neutrons?
absolutely. such isotopes are likely to decay by emitting positrons or by K capture, instead of by emitting electrons when they undergo beta type decay.
