Question

Is the following nuclear reaction balanced?
A.) Yes
B.) No

Answer 1

Answer : Yes, the following nuclear reaction are balanced.

Explanation :

Beta emission or beta minus decay : It is a type of decay process, in which a neutrons gets converted to proton, an electron and anti-neutrino. In this the atomic mass number remains same.

The beta minus decay equation is represented as,

`_Z^A\textrm{X}\rightarrow _(Z+1)^A\textrm{Y}+_(-1)^0e`

(A is the atomic mass number and Z is the atomic number)

The given reaction follow beta minus decay as:

`_(19)^(40)\textrm{K}\rightarrow _(20)^(40)\textrm{Ca}+_(-1)^0e`

Hence, the following nuclear reaction are balanced.