Monday, June 1

Section 3H: Today in class we did an activity where we saw TRANSMUTATION (cool word, right?). This is where one element or isotope transforms into another by releasing or gaining a decay particle. In our case, we only saw particle emission (an element becoming another element by releasing an alpha or beta particle - and energy! Don't forget E=mc^2!)

In your homework worksheet you will do more practice with these two types of emission and you will also see positron emission and electron capture. In electron capture, you have the decay particle on the reactant side, rather than the products side.
I've done the first problem in each section to get you started.

Also, so that you can practice all types of nuclear decay reactions, do these in your notebook:

*NOTE: Test corrections can be submitted for a grade of 64/75 or lower