Homework Help: Physics check

Posted by Emily on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:19pm.

A Thorium-232 absorbs a neutron and the resulting nucleus undergoes two successive beta decays. The nucleus that results has.... nucleons,.....protons, and .... neutrons. This is a nucleus belonging to the element .......

have no idea

Physics check - Damon, Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:41pm
new mass = 233
two negative charges lost so now atomic number is up two

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