Consider the nuclear process shown below.

(a) Identify the atoms on the left (the reactant atoms).

(b) Is this fission, fusion or β decay? Explain.

(c) Would this process take a little or a lot of energy to occur? Explain why.

(d) Would this overall process be exothermic or endothermic? Explain why.

(e) Write a fully balanced nuclear reaction for this process.

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