Which of the following forms of hydrogen emits

Question:

Which of the following forms of hydrogen emits low energy $\beta^{-}$particles?

  1. Deuterium ${ }_{1}^{2} \mathrm{H}$

  2. Tritium ${ }_{1}^{3} \mathrm{H}$

  3. Protium ${ }_{1}^{1} \mathrm{H}$

  4. Proton $\mathrm{H}^{+}$


Correct Option: , 2

Solution:

For tritium $\left({ }_{1}^{3} H\right)$

No. of neutron $(\mathrm{n})=2$

No. of proton $(\mathrm{p})=1$

$\frac{n}{p}=2$

$\because \frac{\mathrm{n}}{\mathrm{p}}$ is high

tritium wil emit $\beta$ particle.

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