Edexcel IGCSE Physics 7.8 Balancing Nuclear Equations Questions

Practise nuclear-equation questions by completing missing symbols, mass numbers and proton numbers for decay, fission and fusion.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Physics 4PH1

Exam points

  • Complete single-decay nuclear equations by conserving mass number and atomic number (charge).
  • For a decay sequence, use the total changes in proton and nucleon number to calculate the required numbers of alpha and beta emissions.
  • Complete fission or fusion equations by calculating missing neutron or particle counts from mass-number and atomic-number balance.

Edexcel IGCSE Physics 7.8 Balancing Nuclear Equations Questions question 1

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Calculate x, the number of neutrons released by this fission reaction.

x = ............

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