Which One of the Following Statements Is Not Correct

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

• A)Oxygen-15 is unstable because it has too few neutrons.
• B)Nucleons are held together in a nuclide by the electromagnetic force.
• C)All nuclides with Z  83 decay into more stable nuclides with smaller Z values.
• D)As the atomic number increases, the ratio of neutrons to protons in a nuclide increases.
• E)Generally, the number of neutrons in a nuclide equals the number of protons, or nearly so, when the atomic number is small, i.e., Z  18.

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