Assignment Booklet 11 5. Alpha, gamma, and beta radiation have different energies and, hence, different penetrating abilities. 1 a. What is the least penetrating of these three forms of radiation? ege ans 1 What is the most penetrating of these three forms of radiation? 2 6. Use the conservation of nucleons and the conservation of charge to complete the following transmutation equation. - 180 + iB + 2 7. What is the nuclear equation when curium 240 undergoes alpha decay? 2 8. What is the nuclear equation when plutonium 244 undergoes negative beta decay? +