Complete each nuclear reaction.

[tex]\[ {}_1^2 H + {}_1^2 H \rightarrow {}_2^3 He + {}_0^1 n \][/tex]

[tex]\[ {}_{92}^{238} U \rightarrow {}_{90}^{234} Th + {}_2^4 He \][/tex]

D: [tex]$\square$[/tex]
F: [tex]$\square$[/tex]
E: [tex]$\square$[/tex]
G: [tex]$\square$[/tex]



Answer :

Certainly! Let's go through the process of completing each nuclear reaction step-by-step.

1. First Reaction:
[tex]\[ { }_1^2 H +{ }_1^2 H \rightarrow{ }_8^9 He +{ }_0^1 n \][/tex]

- On the left side, we have two hydrogen nuclei (^2H):
- Sum of atomic numbers (protons): [tex]\(1 (H) + 1 (H) = 2\)[/tex]
- Sum of mass numbers (nucleons): [tex]\(2 (H) + 2 (H) = 4\)[/tex]

- On the right side, we have a helium-3 nucleus (^3He) and a neutron (n):
- Atomic number of helium (He): [tex]\(2\)[/tex]
- Atomic number of neutron (n): [tex]\(0\)[/tex]

[tex]\[ \text{He (atomic number)}: 2 \quad \text{Neutron (atomic number)}: 0 \][/tex]

- Mass number of helium (He): [tex]\(3\)[/tex]
- Mass number of neutron (n): [tex]\(1\)[/tex]

[tex]\[ \text{He (mass number)}: 3 \quad \text{Neutron (mass number)}: 1 \][/tex]

- Balancing the equation:
[tex]\[ {_1^2 H +{ }_1^2 H \rightarrow{ }_2^3 He +{ }_0^1 n} \][/tex]

- Therefore, [tex]\(D\)[/tex] represents the sum of atomic numbers on the left side, and [tex]\(F\)[/tex] represents the sum of mass numbers on the left side.

[tex]\[ D = 2 \quad F = 4 \][/tex]

2. Second Reaction:
[tex]\[ { }_{02}^{238} U \rightarrow{ }_{\circ}^{ T } Th +{ }_2^4 He \][/tex]

- On the left side, we have uranium-238 (^238U):
- Atomic number: [tex]\(92\)[/tex]
- Mass number: [tex]\(238\)[/tex]

- On the right side, we have thorium (^234Th) and a helium nucleus (^4He):
- Sum of atomic numbers: [tex]\(90 (Th) + 2 (He) = 92\)[/tex]
- Sum of mass numbers: [tex]\(234 (Th) + 4 (He) = 238\)[/tex]

- Balancing the equation:
[tex]\[ { }_{92}^{238} U \rightarrow{ }_{90}^{234} Th +{ }_2^4 He \][/tex]

- Therefore, [tex]\(E\)[/tex] represents the atomic number of uranium, and [tex]\(G\)[/tex] represents the mass number of uranium.

[tex]\[ E = 92 \quad G = 238 \][/tex]

Finally, summarizing all the values:

[tex]\[ D: 2 \quad F: 4 \quad E: 92 \quad G: 238 \][/tex]