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Title: What is a nuclear equation for the alpha bombardment of 9Be resulting in the production of 1 atomic nucleus an?
Post by: mherrera on Nov 1, 2013
d the release of a neutron.this reaction led to the recognition of the existence of the neutron by Chadwick in 1932..


Title: What is a nuclear equation for the alpha bombardment of 9Be resulting in the production of 1 atomic nucleus an?
Post by: tqwolfork on Nov 1, 2013
The alpha bumbardment of 9 Be results in formation of Carbon-12 with emission of one neutron.

      9 Be  +  4 He = 12 C  + 1n