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An isotope of carbon ¹⁴ ₆ emits a β⁻-particle and changes into an isotope of nitrogen (N).

a. What are β⁻-particles?

b. Write a nuclear decay equation for the decay.

c. Draw a graph with the y-axis representing nucleon numbers between 10 and 16 and the x-axis representing proton numbers between 4 and 10. On your graph, mark:

i. The isotope ¹⁴ ₆ C

ii. The daughter nucleus produced in the decay.