JEE Advanced 2012 Paper 1 Chemistry Q17

Chemistry · Bioinorganic & Descriptive Frontiers · Atomic Structure & Periodicity

Problem

The periodic table consists of 18 groups. An isotope of copper, on bombardment with protons, undergoes a nuclear reaction yielding element

X

as shown below. To which group, element

X

belongs in the periodic table?

{}^{63}_{29}\mathrm{Cu}+{}^{1}_{1}\mathrm{H}\rightarrow6{}^{1}_{0}\mathrm{n}+\alpha+2{}^{1}_{1}\mathrm{H}+X