DP Physics (last assessment 2024)

Question 20N.2.HL.TZ0.c(i)

Date	November 2020	Marks available	[Maximum mark: 1]	Reference code	20N.2.HL.TZ0.c(i)
Level	HL	Paper	2	Time zone	TZ0
Command term	Write down	Question number	c(i)	Adapted from	N/A

c(i).

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20N.2.HL.TZ0.c(i)

A sample of waste produced by the reactor contains $1.0 kg$ of strontium-94 (Sr-94). Sr-94 is radioactive and undergoes beta-minus ( $β^{-}$ ) decay into a daughter nuclide X. The reaction for this decay is

${}_{38}^{94}{Sr} \to X + {\bar{v}}_{e} + e$ .

Write down the proton number of nuclide X.

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$39$ ✓

Do not allow ${}_{39}^{94}X$ unless the proton number is indicated.

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Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.1 – Discrete energy and radioactivity

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