Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

A radioactive nucleus decays as given below:

Which particles are emitted in the sequence?

Options:

$α, β, γ$

$β, γ, α$

$γ, α, β$

$β, α, γ$

Correct Answer:

$β, α, γ$

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → $β, α, γ$

In a nuclear reaction conservation of charge number and mass number must be conserved.

$∴{^A_ZP}\underset{β}{\longrightarrow}{^A_{Z+1}Q}\underset{α}{\longrightarrow}{^{A-4}_{Z-1}R^*}\underset{γ}{\longrightarrow}{^{A-4}_{Z-1}R}$