DO NOT WRITE ON THIS HANDOUT!! FINISH COPYING IT UNTO YOUR PAPER!
BALANCING NUCLEAR EQUATIONS
DIRECTIONS: Copy and answer the questions on your own sheet of paper.
1. Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction in which oxygen -15 undergoes
positron emission.
2.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction in which thorium-231 undergoes beta
decay.
3.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction where alpha decay occurs and the
product is radon-222.
4.)
5.)
6.)
216
84 Po +
7.)
6 Li
3
8.)
241 Am
95
0
e
-1
4 He +
2
237 Np +
93
9.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction where beta decay occurs and the
product is neptunium- 239.
10.) Write the balanced nuclear equation that expresses the electron capture of rubidium -37.
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS HANDOUT!! FINISH COPYING IT UNTO YOUR PAPER!
BALANCING NUCLEAR EQUATIONS
DIRECTIONS: Copy and answer the questions on your own sheet of paper.
1.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction in which oxygen -15 undergoes
positron emission.
2.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction in which thorium-231 undergoes beta
decay.
3.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction where alpha decay occurs and the
product is radon-222.
4.)
5.)
6.)
216
91 Po +
7.)
6 Li
3
8.)
241 Am
95
0
e
-1
4 He +
2
237 Np +
93
9.) Write the balanced nuclear equation for the reaction where beta decay occurs and the
product is neptunium- 239.
10.) Write the balanced nuclear equation that expresses the electron capture of rubidium -37.