Let us calculate the structure of the electric shells of the Al atom. It has an atomic number of 13, so it has 13 electrons. The first 2 go to the first hell. The next 8 need to go to the second shell and the last 3 ones would go to the outermost shell. The outer shell, that is the most important one for chemical reactions, has thus 3 electrons. An atom always tries to have a completed outer shell (with either 2 or 8 atoms). It is easier for a cell to have a charge of +3 than a charge of -5 (smaller absolute value) and thus the Aluminum atom will try to get rid of the 3 electrons. In this process, it loses negative charge thus it will become positively charged. Hence, the correct answer is that it will prefer to lose 3 electrons and become positively charged.
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Explanation:
Use context clues to write your own definition for each meaning of the word matter.
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What is this gooey matter on the table?
Matter:
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The bombarding particle is a Proton
Explanation:
A Nuclear transmutation reaction occurs when radioactive element decay, usually converting them from one element/isotope into another element. Transmutation is the process which causes decay, generally, alpha or beta.
¹⁶₈O(P,alpha) ¹³₇N, can be written as
¹⁶₈O + x goes to ¹³₇N + ⁴₂He
Where x can be anything, balancing the equation in order to give us the correct amount of proton number and nucleus number
16 + x = 13 + 4
x = 17 – 16 = 1, Hence we can say that x = ¹₁P
<u>¹⁶₈O + ¹₁P goes to ¹³₇N + ⁴₂He</u>
Here we can clearly see the bombarding particle is ¹₁P (proton). The ejected particle being ⁴₂He which is also known as an alpha particle
