The previous topic discussed radioactive decays, which are natural radioactive decays.
The first induced nuclear reaction was accomplished by the physicist Ernest Rutherford.
He induced the following reaction:
$$ ^{14}{7}N + ^4_2He \to ^{\space17}{\space\space\space8}O + ^ {1}_{1}H $$
This is the famous first artificially induced transmutation.
When a high-energy α-particle collides with an aluminium-27 nucleus, a nucleus of phosphorus may be produced. Which of the following equations correctly shows this transmutation?
When the isotope of aluminium-27 is bombarded with alpha particles the following nuclear reaction takes place:
Which one of the following correctly gives the atomic (proton) number and mass (nucleon) number of the nucleus X?
| Proton Number | Nucleon Number | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 15 | 30 |
| B | 16 | 31 |
| C | 30 | 15 |
| D | 31 | 16 |
The isotope $\text{sodium-24}$ undergoes radioactive decay to the stable isotope $\text{magnesium-24}$. Complete the nuclear reaction equation for this decay.