Which element has a greater ionization energy, rubidium or iodine?
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Answer:
, zirconium-103.
Explanation:
In a nuclear reaction, both the mass number and atomic number will conserve.
Let represent the unknown particle.
The mass number of a particle is the number on the upper-left corner. The atomic number of a particle is the number on its lower-left corner under the mass number. For example, for the particle ,
is the mass number while
while
is the atomic number.
Sum of mass numbers on the left-hand side of the equation:
.
Note that there are three neutrons on the right-hand side of the equation. Sum of mass numbers on the right-hand side:
.
Mass number conserves. As a result,
.
Solve this equation for :
.
Among the five choices, the only particle with a mass number of 103 is . Make sure that atomic number also conserves.