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In the beta decay of Bismuth-214, what daughter element is produced?

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It should be polonium-214, not 215. Beta decay doesn't change the number of nucleons in the atom, but transmutes it into polonium
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Answer;

Polonium-214

Step-by-step explanation;

β-decay is the decay of a neutron into a proton. This keeps the mass number the same, since neutrons and protons weigh approximately the same, though increases the atomic number by one, forming a new element.

The bismuth isotope in question has a mass of 214, and the atomic number of bismuth is 83, which we can tell from a periodic table. If the mass number is kept the same and the atomic number increases by one, β-decay of bismuth-214 forms polonium-214 (atomic number 84).

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