Bismuth Bi is known to be radioactive. The stability of Bi with respect to alpha, beta-plus and beta-minus decay is to be determined. The following atomic masses are known: He: 4.002603 u Tl: 207.981998 u Pb: 211.991871 u Bi: 211.991255 u Po: 211.988842 u The Bi nucleus is
A) subject to alpha decay only.
B) subject to beta-plus decay only.
C) subject to beta-minus decay only.
D) subject to alpha or beta-plus decay, but not beta-minus decay.
E) subject to alpha or beta-minus decay, but not beta-plus decay.
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