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A certain nucleus X has a mass number 14 and atomic number 6. The nucleus X changes to `""_(7)Y^(14)` after the loss of a particle.
A radioactive substance is oxidized. What change would you expect to take place in the nature of its radioactivity ? Give a reason for your answer.

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To solve the question, let's break it down step by step: ### Step 1: Understand the given nucleus X - The nucleus X has a mass number (A) of 14 and an atomic number (Z) of 6. - This means that nucleus X is Carbon-14 (C-14), as Carbon has an atomic number of 6. ### Step 2: Analyze the transformation of nucleus X - The question states that nucleus X changes to nucleus Y with an atomic number of 7 and a mass number of 14. ...
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