Under conditions of high temperature, two protons could combine to form a deuterium necleus in the following reactions:

p + p ----> 2H + e+ + ve + energy

Write the equation for this reaction in terms of the nucleons involved by replacing the deuteriu nucleus with the approiate protons and neutrons...

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Write the equation for this reaction in terms of the quarks involoved by replacing the protons and neutrons with the appropriate up and down quarks.........

Please could someone help me with this, i've read my study book 100 times and I have no idea where to start, if any1 can help me i'd really be so thankful...

Thanks in advance

Jo

Sure, I can help you with that!

To write the equation for the reaction in terms of nucleons, we need to understand the composition of a deuterium nucleus. A deuterium nucleus has one proton and one neutron. So, we can replace the deuterium nucleus with one proton (p) and one neutron (n):

p + p ----> p + n + e+ + ve + energy

Now, let's move on to writing the equation in terms of the quarks involved. Protons and neutrons are made up of quarks. A proton is composed of two up quarks (u) and one down quark (d), while a neutron is composed of one up quark (u) and two down quarks (d).

So, the equation in terms of quarks would be:

(uud) + (uud) ----> (uud) + (udd) + e+ + ve + energy

Here, (uud) represents a proton and (udd) represents a neutron. The combination of two protons results in the formation of a deuteron.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.