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Date November 2015 Marks available 1 Reference code 15N.1.SL.TZ0.25
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Question number 25 Adapted from N/A

Question

Bismuth-210 \(\left( {_{\;83}^{210}{\text{Bi}}} \right)\) is a radioactive isotope that decays as follows.

\[_{\;83}^{210}{\text{Bi}}\xrightarrow{{{\beta ^ - }}}{\text{X}}\xrightarrow{\alpha }{\text{Y}}\]

What are the mass number and proton number of Y?

N15/4/PHYSI/SPM/ENG/TZ0/25

Markscheme

B

Examiners report

[N/A]

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.2 – Nuclear reactions
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