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Mr.Brown
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Hi i got a short question if i know the following
U238 decays spontaniously to 2 Neutrons and Tellurium136 and some other isotope.
How can i tell what other isotop is produced.
Sure i know about baryon number conservation lepton number conservation can i just
say ok i got 238 baryons on the right so my new isotop has to have 100 baryons left and because of lepton number conservation i still need to have the same number of electrons and hence protons ( cause of charge conservation) so that i get Zirconium( 40 Protons and the isotop with mass 100 ) ?
is that the correct logic ?
U238 decays spontaniously to 2 Neutrons and Tellurium136 and some other isotope.
How can i tell what other isotop is produced.
Sure i know about baryon number conservation lepton number conservation can i just
say ok i got 238 baryons on the right so my new isotop has to have 100 baryons left and because of lepton number conservation i still need to have the same number of electrons and hence protons ( cause of charge conservation) so that i get Zirconium( 40 Protons and the isotop with mass 100 ) ?
is that the correct logic ?