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Nuclear Equation

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Key Stage 4
===General Formulae===
====Alpha Decay====: <math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z-2}^{A-4}Y + {}_4^2\alpha</math>====Beta Decay====<math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z+1}^{A}Y + {}_{-1}^0\beta</math>====Gamma Emission====<math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_Z^AX + {}_0^0\gamma</math>====Neutron Decay====<math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z}^{A-1}Y + {}_0^1n</math>
Beta Decay: <math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z+1}^{A}Y + {}_{-1}^0\beta</math>
Gamma Emission: <math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_Z^AX + {}_0^0\gamma</math>
 
Neutron Decay: <math>{}_Z^AX \rightarrow {}_{Z}^{A-1}Y + {}_0^1n</math>
===Examples===
<math>{}_{238}^{92}U \rightarrow {}_{234}^{90}Th + {}_4^2\alpha</math>
 
<math>{}_{238}^{92}U \rightarrow {}_{234}^{90}Th + {}_4^2\alpha</math>
===Calculating the Element/Isotope===
<math>{}_238^92U \rightarrow {}_234^90Th + {}_4^2\alpha</math>