The reasonable ground-state electron configuration is: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 4d8
In alpha and beta decay the parent element and the daughter element will be different isotope and not the same.
This is because as alpha particles comes out; the new element will have two less in atomic number; that is the atomic number will reduce by two and the mass number will reduce by four. While in a beta particle decay, the new element will have one higher in atomic number; that is the atomic number will increase by one.
The atoms of different chemical elements can be differentiated based on the number of protons.
Each chemical element is differentiated by his number of protons. This number of protons is also knowing as atomic number and it is represented by the letter (Z).
The atomic number represented the number of protons in the nucleus of an element. For example:
- The element that has only 1 proton in his nucleus is Hydrogen atom.
- The element that has 2 protons in his nucleus is Helium atom.
<h3>What is an atom?</h3>
The atom is the smallest part of the composition of matter, it is indivisible and is composed of a nucleus that has protons and neutrons, and around the nucleus there are the electrons.
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An Ecosystem is made up of all the living and nonliving factors in an area.
Why not an Asteroid nor a continent?
An asteroid is any small rocky object in the inner solar system.
A continent is one of several very large landmasses of the world. Such as North and South America, Australia, Africa, Europe and Asia.
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