Nuclei
Important Questions on Nuclei
What are the number of neutrons and the number of electrons in the neutral atom of ?

Nucleons are

Write a short note on discovery of neutron.

Write general notation of the nucleus of element X. What each term denotes?

A periodic table might list the average atomic mass of magnesium as being , which is the result of weighing the atomic masses of magnesium isotopes according to their natural abundances on Earth. The three isotopes and their masses are , and . The natural abundance of is by mass (that is of the mass of a naturally occurring sample of magnesium is due to the presence of ). What is the abundance of (a) and (b) ?

Identify in the following nuclear reactions.
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Two stable isotopes of lithium and have respective abundances of and . These isotopes have masses and , respectively. Find the atomic mass of lithium

