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Posted by sara on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 9:28pm.

Write balanced equations for the following reactions. (Use the lowest possible coefficients. Omit states-of-matter in your answer.

238

U

92

(á, n)

241
Pu
94

sorry teh formating is off

chem - DrBob222, Friday, August 31, 2012 at 9:38pm
You can do it this way.
92U238 + on1 ==> etc
I don't know what the a' in your post stands for.
chem - sara, Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 12:12pm
i think it stands for alpha. so would i just do the U + alpha -> neutron +Pu?
chem - DrBob222, Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 4:40pm
If a' stands for 2He4, then
92U238 + 2He4 ==> 94Pu241 + 0n1

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