Question

What is the daughter nucleus produced when 188 Hg Hg188 undergoes positron emission? Replace each question mark with the appropriate integer or symbol.

Answer 1

Answer: The daughter nucleus produced when 188 Hg undergoes positron emission is gold.

Step-by-step explanation:

Positron emission: It is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. This is also known as -decay. In this the mass number remains same.

General representation of an element is given as:
`_Z^A\textrm{X}`

where,

Z represents Atomic number

A represents Mass number

X represents the symbol of an element

The chemical equation for positron emission is represented as:

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

`_(80)^(188)\textrm{Hg}\rightarrow _(79)^(188)\textrm{Au}+_(+1)^0e`