Adecay chain

when the daughter nucleus produced in a radioactive decay is itself unstable, it will eventually decay and form its own daughter nucleus. if the newly formed daughter nucleus is also unstable, another decay will occur, and the process will continue until a nonradioactive nucleus is formed. such a series of radioactive decays is called a decay chain.

a good example of a decay chain is provided by 232 90th, a naturally occurring isotope of thorium.

what is the energy q released in the first step of the thorium-232 decay chain? the atomic mass of 232 90th is 232.038054 u and the atomic mass of 228 88ra is 228.0301069 u.

Neutrons are placed in a magnetic field with magnitude 2.30 t. part a part complete what is the energy difference between the states with the nuclear spin angular momentum components parallel and antiparallel to the field? δe δ e = 2.77×10−7 ev previous answers correct part b part complete which state is lower in energy: the one with its spin component parallel to the field or the one with its spin component antiparallel to the field? which state is lower in energy: the one with its spin component parallel to the field or the one with its spin component antiparallel to the field? parallel antiparallel previous answers correct part c part complete how do your results compare with the energy states for a proton in the same field (δe=4.05×10−7ev)? how do your results compare with the energy states for a proton in the same field this result is smaller than but comparable to that found in the example for protons. this result is greater than but comparable to that found in the example for protons. previous answers correct part d the neutrons can make transitions from one of these states to the other by emitting or absorbing a photon with energy equal to the energy difference of the two states. find the frequency of such a photon. f f = mhz previous answersrequest answer incorrect; try again; 5 attempts remaining