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There are two naturally occurring isotopes of gallium: mass of Ga-69 isotope is 68.9256 amu and its percentage abundance is 60.11%, let the mass of other isotope that is Ga-71 be X, the percentage abundance can be calculated as:
%Ga-71=100-60.11=39.89%
Atomic mass of an element is calculated by taking sum of atomic masses of its isotopes multiplied by their percentage abundance.
Thus, in this case:
Atomic mass= m(Ga-69)×%(Ga-69)+X×%(Ga-71)
From the periodic table, atomic mass of Ga is 69.723 amu.
Putting the values,
Thus,
Rearranging,
Therefore, mass of Ga-71 isotope is 70.9246 amu.
<u>Answer:</u> The beta-particle is being released in the reaction and the nucleus is changing from to nitrogen.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Carbon-14 undergoes a radioactive decay by the process of beta-minus decay.
In beta-minus decay, a neutron gets converted to a proton and an electron.
The equation for the beta-minus decay of carbon-14 follows the reaction:
In this reaction beta-particle is being released carrying -1 charge. Another name for this particle is known as electron.
In this decay process, the nucleus is changing from carbon to nitrogen. The property of the nucleus is changing completely as number of protons is getting increased.