Use the following information to answer the next questions.

   

Atomic Masses of Select Isotopes

Isotope

Atomic Mass (u)

helium-3

3.016029

helium-4

4.002603

lead-208

207.976652

mercury-204

203.973467

polonium-212

211.988868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.      

a.     What parent element decays into lead-208 by emitting an alpha particle?  Show the nuclear reaction.

b.     Calculate the energy released by this nuclear reaction.

c.     What is the energy released per nucleon?  Record your answer in MeV/nucleon.