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More Balancing Nuclear Equations
Sometimes, you will have to find the element based on the atomic number.
Check
Reffy, Reference Table (p. 9) to find the element’s atomic number.
212Po 4He + X 84 2
Find the element, mass, and charge of X.
The mass is 208 and the charge is 82, which gives us 208X. 82
What is the element? Its charge/atomic number is 82. Let’s look on Reffy, Periodic Table (p. 9) to find the element with an atomic number of 82. We see that ‘Pb’s atomic number is 82.
Answer: 208Pb 82
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