Question

balance the following nuclear reaction

3 pts Question 29 Balance the following nuclear reaction. 4 327 Np He + 93 2

Answer 1

Step 1

Determine the missing mass number

mass number of parent atom = 4 + 237 = 241

Step 2

Determine missing atomic number

Atomic number of parent atom = 2+93 = 95.

Hence parent atom is Americium ( Am).

So, balance nuclear reaction is

²⁴¹Am ₉₅ $\large \rightarrow$ ⁴ He ₂ + ²³⁷ Np ₉₃

[Note: Mass number of Np is 237. Not 327. ]